It would be best to have a <insert name here> system set up to test on, but if it runs on Unix and doesn't do anything that is system/implementation dependent it should work.
What they probably really mean is they would like you to create a Debian specific package they can install. This simply means making the appropriate config file and then building the package (which would require a Debian system). HTH, -D On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 01:22:17PM +0000, Simon Broad wrote: > I'm pretty new to Linux, but have been asked by a customer to port a Unix > product to Debian. > > This may sound daft to a lot of you, but would I need to port the product on > a Debian box or, as I already have SuSE and RH available will a port on one > of these be OK? > > I'm sure there are many other issues than just which distribution is in use. >