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There does exist a conversion tool between them: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(file_converter) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(file_converter)
by yareally 4y ago
There does exist a conversion tool between them:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(file_converter) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(file_converter)
- loeg 4y agoIt's imperfect, due to the aforementioned differences in semantics.
- janc_ 4y agoIn practice it is most useful (and probably intended?) for vendor RPMs that install in /opt/ where no conflicts can happen.
- pxc 4y agoThe idea of building a whole distro on alien is pretty laughable. Besides, for making a whole distro, what you want to convert between is the source packages, not the binary packages they produce, which is typically (always?) what alien is used for.