[Klug-general] Problems with Ledger SMB

[George Prowse]

Mike Evans wrote:
>> There is no unpacking involved, this isn't a tar file.
>>
> A well, that the thing isn't it?  From what I've read on the web the 
> great advantage of .deb over .rpm is that it _is_ a tar file, and that 
> you therefore don't need a special program to build one or look inside 
> one.  Suddenly that's not looking like such a big advantage is it :)
> 
> Mike
> 
Yes, they are tarred files within tarred files with a control file which 
is a text file saying which deps it has amongst other things