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I have been looking online but haven't been able to find a concise answer to this:
What are the technical differences between RPM and DEB files? I know that RPM puts all build information in a single ".spec" file while DEB scatters them around several files. I also know that, up until recently, only deb allowed you to use ~ after the version number to put things like "beta1" there, but recently RPM got that feature.
However, for the most part all the websites I can find just say "the two are basically the same". I am sure that is the case, but there must still be some small differences in features.
I am really wondering about differences between the file formats, not differences between apt-get/yum/zypper or dpkg/rpm.
What are the technical differences between RPM and DEB files? I know that RPM puts all build information in a single ".spec" file while DEB scatters them around several files. I also know that, up until recently, only deb allowed you to use ~ after the version number to put things like "beta1" there, but recently RPM got that feature.
However, for the most part all the websites I can find just say "the two are basically the same". I am sure that is the case, but there must still be some small differences in features.
I am really wondering about differences between the file formats, not differences between apt-get/yum/zypper or dpkg/rpm.
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