From bb@suse.com Mon Mar 23 23:12:14 1998
From: bb@suse.com
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] New Convert with a Question about RPMs
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:12:14 +0100
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Mark Wagnon wrote:
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> Hey all-
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> I just switched to SuSE from Red Hat and I have to say that it's really
> nice for things to work right out of the box!
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> Anyway, I was wondering what the difference is between SuSE RPMs and Red
> Hat RPMs? Are they of the same format? Can I install RPMs from Red Hat
> and/or Yggdrasil (sp?) on my system and not worry if any files were
> misplaced?

We use RPM version 2.4.10 (S.u.S.E. Linux 5.1) and it's the same one
RedHat uses, we don't have a special rpm format. As long as the packages
don't contain any Redhat or Yggdrasil specials and they conform to
the FSSTD it should not be a problem to install them on S.u.S.E. linux.

Ciao,
        BB


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