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[mwagnon@xxxxxxxxxx (Mark Wagnon)]

I've never messed with source rpms for redhat. What happens to the
install path if you run alien on a src rpm? I've never messed with
alien for that matter. Does alien change the install paths to
coincide with SuSE's? Cool.

Mark

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Michael Lankton wrote:
> 
> Alien is invaluable, but I always convert to .tgz
> Redhat rpms are a) for glibc2 B) may use different install paths than
> S.u.S.E., Redhat after all is a different operating system.  Stick with
> source rpms, convert them to tgz and you'll be alright.
> --
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