Debian GRASS

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 10:09:15PM +0000, David D Gray wrote:
> Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 06:45:02PM +0000, David D Gray wrote:
> > > Following on the recent announcement of development of RPM and RPMS
> > > packages for GRASS, I believe it is high time that GRASS binaries are
> > > available in .deb format for the convenience of those using Debian and
> > > derivative distros. (Including possibly eventually a hook into embedded
> > > GRASS).
> > 
> > The FreeGIS projects rpms are crafted that they can be imported into
> > Debian Systems using the tools called "alien".

> I'm familiar with `alien'. It is not always good at converting arbitrary
> packages, but if the packages are built with compatibility in mind, they
> should cross over OK. You can build debs with alien as well as import,
> so perhaps there is no immediate need to develop separate deb packages.

I agree.
We test .rpm on Debian potato based system. So we know that they work.

	Bernhard

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