[LAU] Audio Distribution Proposal...

[david]

Ray Rashif wrote:
> With any kind of development tool, you have to know how it works and to 
> what extent it can help you. If Alien, for instance, does not prove to 
> be sufficient, you have to fill in the gaps with other tools or even 
> "manual labour".
> 
> Personally, alien, rpmextract, deb2targz, have all been useful. There's 
> nothing on it that warrants recommendation because there's no other 
> similar utility (at least not that I know of) - you use it if you need it.

I've used Alien a couple of times to convert packages from the archaic 
RPM format into the sleek and modern DEB format without any problems, 
but I stick with Debian so have only chosen to do it 3 times in six 
years of Linux use.

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David
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