[CLUE-Cert] building a distro
Dennis J Perkins
djperkins at americanisp.net
Wed Oct 15 16:57:04 MDT 2003
> Dennis J Perkins wrote:
>
> > We seem to have gotten stuck on package managers tho, specifically RPM. Or
did
> > someone manage to build a package? Should we set package managers aside
for a
> > bit and look at other issues?
>
> Would dpkg be easier than rpm? The Debian source packages can easily be
> built into debs (providing an example) and there are several developer
> docs that might help get over the "build your first package" hurdle.
>
> I'm probably out of touch with the other issues so I won't comment. Is
> your goal to build something that is similar to Red Hat and Debian
> (i.e., in common use) or something else?
>
> Dave
>
I don't know. I'm looking at how both of them work. I'm also looking at
OpenPkg, which is derived from
RPM.
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