[NTLUG:Discuss] Debian

[Burton Strauss]

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From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org] On Behalf
Of Leroy Tennison
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Debian

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>Now I'm curious, if there are distros that aren't RPM-based:
>    What do they use for "packaging"
>    How do they solve the 'dependency' problem differently?
>    What are the other advantages/disadvantages?

Let's see...

  Debian uses .dpkg
  Slackware uses .zip
  Mandrake, Mandriva, RedHat, Fedora use .rpm

etc.


Advantages: IMHO none, it's all in the eye of the beholder.

Every packaging format has

  * binary files
  * dependency information
  * (maybe) scripts to execute as part of the install


It's the dependency information that's the problem, and it's how the TOOL
handles it (not the package) that causes the xxxx heck problem.

-----Burton