From d89bc84829f12599caaa97d4dfff966a08e63cdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joey Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 06:15:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updates --- README | 3 ++- debian/control | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index d64cdd9..0ea5978 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Other things you'll need: with alien! To convert packages to or from rpms, you need the Red Hat Package Manager; - get it from Red Hat's ftp site. + get it from Red Hat's ftp site. If your distribution (eg, Red Hat) + provides a rpm-build package, you will need it as well to generate rpms. If you want to convert packages into debian packages, you will need the dpkg, dpkg-dev, and debhelper (version 3 or above) packages, which are diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index e9a8f7a..a6c8eb3 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Architecture: all Section: admin Depends: debhelper (>= 3), ${perl:Depends}, rpm (>= 2.4.4-2), dpkg-dev, make, cpio Suggests: patch, bzip2, lsb-rpm -Description: Install LSB, Red Hat, Stampede, and Slackware Packages with dpkg. +Description: install non-native packages with dpkg Alien allows you to convert LSB, Red Hat, Stampede and Slackware Packages into Debian packages, which can be installed with dpkg. .