Thanks for the link, and to Lennart for clearing that up.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Christopher Browne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Sadiq Saif <<a href="mailto:sadiq-KzRxrKfdH+/c+919tysfdA@public.gmane.org">sadiq@asininetech.com</a>> wrote:<br>

> I'm not sure what you mean by a RPM system being incompatible<br>
<br>
</div>Well, rpm corresponds to dpkg, but that's only providing coverage of<br>
the shallowest part of "package management," namely:<br>
 - Building a package, and<br>
 - Installing it.<br>
<br>
The tooling that surrounds dpkg goes *WAY* further than that.  See<br>
<<a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/</a>><br>
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