Why are RPM's distro specific?

James Wilkinson james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Thu Jan 20 13:10:46 UTC 2005


Marc M wrote:
> RPMs are for Redhat-based distributions only,

Robert Locke wrote:
> Gee, I think that might be a surprise to Suse that they are a RedHat-
> based distribution....

Well, they were, originally. Much of the layout and many of the commands
are Red Hat inspired.

> Actually, does that make AIX one too???

It's getting closer. (Not that that makes it *close*, by any stretch of
smit's imagination...)

James.

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