Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)

["Karlis Loen" <obelisk@c-cubedinc.com>]

I stand corrected.  My bad.

I don't pretend to be the expert, but I knew I was close.

-Karlis

----- Original Message -----
From: JF Martinez <jfm2@club-internet.fr>
To: <independence-l@independence.seul.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: FAQ - revised ... again :)


> >
> > I'll let you know how well Slack 7 handles RPMs.  (ala rpm.tgz...)
> >
> > And an RPM is just a tarball if you change the extension anyway.  Try it
> > sometime.  <g>
> >
>
> An RPM is not a tarball but a compresed CPIO with an additional header
> where RPM puts its info.
>
> --
> Jean Francois Martinez
>
> Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
> http://www.independence.seul.org
>
>