[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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