[arch-general] debian conversion tool?

[Jude DaShiell]

If fpm doesn't convert to archlinux yet, maybe that can happen in a little
while given the popularity of archlinux.  I can find out and offer
encouragement.  Thanks for the suggestion.


On Tue, 27 Apr 2021, Emil Lundberg via arch-general wrote:

> Try this: https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm
>
> I don't know if it'll work, just that it's a thing that exists.
>
> /Emil
>
> On 2021-04-27 18:22, Jude DaShiell via arch-general wrote:
> > install-dosemu-master.zip can be built with debian.
> > When it is, those using dosemu2.deb can install many snearly standard dos
> > utilities that work inside of dosemu2.  Unfortunately the source code
> > inside that package is debian only and I will be copying installed dosemu
> > utilities from my debian disk onto my archlinux system.  Lots of entries
> > for debian in archlinux repositories and I'm curious if anything can port
> > debian source code to something archlinux can build.  Maybe Chris
> > Severance doesn't know about this extra file for dosemu2 or maybe this
> > kind of conversion is too much trouble.
>