Package: doc-debian
Severity: wishlist
It would be nice if this paragraph mentioned alien by name, so that users
wishing to make use of the program can find it.
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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 00:49:48 +0100
From: Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Alex Leytes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
debian-project@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Installing .deb packages on RedHat Linux
On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 06:33:56PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 04:22:00PM -0500, Alex Leytes wrote:
> > "A program to unpack a Debian package onto a Linux host that is been built
> > from a `foreign' distribution is available, and will generally work, in the
> > sense that files will be unpacked."
>
> Which web page was this? It should probably be corrected to mention the
> program (alien) by name.
Google it !! :)
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:YHrPf18RuowC:www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-compat.html+%22from+a+%60foreign%27+distribution+is+available%22&hl=en
It's in the FAQ :)
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