[TriLUG] Deb vs. RPM (was Icecast.conf and debian)

[Rev. Christian J Hedemark]

Tanner writes:
> Like I said before, I have no experience with dpkg, but I do
> have plenty of experience with RPM (I've been working with
> it for about 5 years or so...).  It is always easier in
> the long run (and very often, in the short run) to whip up
> an rpm spec file for a package (assuming it doesn't come
> with one) than to install it by hand.  An rpm spec
> file is basically just a build script, an install script,
> and a list of files (with some other info, like the name
> and version of the package thrown in...).  You have to do
> all of that by hand anyway, so why not put it into
> a spec file.

Are you volunteering to do a talk on RPM?

Please?

:)

Chris