On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 02:12:18PM -0500, nate at refried.org wrote:
> > https://moin.conectiva.com.br/AptRpm (etc.)
> > 
> > It certainly makes my life easier...
> 
> Easier, but it's still not the same.  The Debian package repository is
> much better maintained than many of the RPM based distros.  Trying to
> paste apt-rpm on the a Redhat distro usually calls for some hand holding
> until the database is in a state that apt-get will not complain about.

That's not true, apt requires the same dependancies that rpm does for a 
"happy" package database. If you futz around with --force and --nodeps then
you get what you're asking for with _any_ packaging system.


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