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Binary Package Formats Compared

Posted by michael on from the one-deb-to-bind-them dept.

jjaimon writes "There is a document on different package formats used in Linux/Unix systems. Worth reading." Another reader sends in this guide to creating Debian packages which seems apropos here.

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  1. Re:Binary packages: Security suicide by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 1, Troll

    Compilers go on development boxes. Production boxes don't have compilers...why on earth would you need one? Don't tell me you're compiling code on a box that's in production!

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