extension of lsb packages

George Kraft IV gk4 at austin.ibm.com
Mon Mar 4 06:29:38 PST 2002


> Does naming packages .lsb make that transition any easier/harder?

The LSB spec specifies that packages we are to use the "lsb-" prefix.  We are
not to create/use a ".lsb" suffix.  The RPM file format that we are using should
be readable by both rpm(1) and alien(1).  There is no need to introduce a new
".lsb" file type.

http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/gLSB/gLSB/pkgnameconv.html

George (gk4)




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