Debian repositories can be accessed via this sources.list line:<br><br>deb <a href="http://ftp.linuxfoundation.org/pub/lsb/repositories/debian">http://ftp.linuxfoundation.org/pub/lsb/repositories/debian</a> lsb-4.0 \<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; main<br>
<br>The LSB is to prevent linux from getting forked-up!<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Martin Marques <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mmarques@fiq.unl.edu.ar">mmarques@fiq.unl.edu.ar</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Yang Lao wrote:<br>
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Please do not do this. The Linux Standard Base exists in order to avoid this situation.<br>
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Nevertheless, not all distros use RPM, nor is it likely to be the case in the near future. &nbsp;It therefore makes sense to distribute Debian and Slackware packages in addition to RPMs even if LSB dictates otherwise.<br>
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This was why I didn&#39;t understand what LSB had to do with having packages for different distros (even OS like *BSD or MacOS).<br>
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