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On 2004年9月13日, sean finney wrote: > > Plus, its _MUCH_ easier to make custom RPMs than it is to make custom > > dpkgs (Debian's package format). I learned how to package software with > > RPM in a few hours (two days ago, in fact); Debian has 5 different > > places for information on how to make dpkgs and they're all wrong in > > some way(s) or another. > > i won't argue that it isn't more complicated, but it makes for a more > robust packaging system. however, there are alternatives to having > to use dpkg for your own in-house software needs. if you're trying > to make custom packages to satisfy some kind of missing dependency, > use equivs. if you're just trying to make it easier to keep pre-compiled > software distributed among your servers, use stow and rsync. > I know I barked up at least one wrong tree the first time I wanted to make a .deb file. Once I found out about deb-make, it got REALLY easy though. Probably takes me an extra 10 seconds to make a package out of anything with a configure script. Usually a little bit more digging if a package just comes with a bare makefile though :). Pat ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug