[ale] Debian or Slackware package management

[bluejay at speedfactory.net (Jim Seymour)]

Hi,

	After wrestling with Red Hat's RPM for years I have decided to 
change distro's to either Slackware or Debian.  The question is which one 
of these has the easiest package manager to use when adding programs that 
are in tar form (ex: nmap-3.48.tar.gz).  I do like the idea of using a 
package manager to ease removal/updating/adding of programs.  So Debian's 
dh_make or Slackware's makepkg and why is it easier?  I had very little 
success with creating rpm's (spec files, diffs, etc.) and hope there is an 
easier way.

TIA,

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Jim Seymour
www.wingbarscafe.com