On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 12:11, David B Harris wrote: > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 17:56:58 +0100 > martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it would be possible, you know. an RPM that basically substitutes > > every installed RPM by the corresponding DEB. that would rock ;) > > Well, what you're suggesting isn't really feasible ;) > > But it would be feasible to package up a Debian chroot in an RPM. Too > bad it would have to be huge to have a reasonable subset of useful > Debian packages :)
All you'd need is the very basics. (libc, dpkg, apt, basic shell tools, etc.) Then the user could apt-get whatever else they need, or install from a Debian CD. ^,^ This would be a lot like how some distros let you run Linux inside a Windows partition, except it'd be Linux in a Linux partition (so RedHat/etc. users don't have to repartition to try Debian). > > Dave
