PEP 262 (database of installed Python packages)

Mon Apr 1 21:14:12 EST 2002

On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 12:59:43AM +0000, Don Garrett wrote:
>   If this is an approach worth taking, then broaden it further. Take advantage
> of the native install DBs that already exist. RPMs on Linux

   Unfortunately, this is not as simple as it sounds - RPMs are not for
Linux, they are only for RedHat and derivtives. Debian use DEBs, and other
Linux distributions use other different incompatible formats.

Oleg.
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