On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:15:41PM +0200, Ross Cameron wrote: > Hi there all,... > > I'm an embedded systems developer and would like to port the following > to my OS: > 1) RPM (specifically for the rpmbuild component - yes I'm lazy) > 2) YUM (so I can simplify the updating and repair of my devices) > > The system is a small (8.1MB) GNU/Linux OS based on Slackware (not my > choice - boss likes Slackware not me) > > Any thoughts??? Since you're using Slackware, have you considered 'swaret' or 'slapt-get' instead? David S. >