[Rpm-metadata] Minor patch for createrepo (to allow .deb indexing)

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 18:03 +0100, Oliver Falk wrote:
> Javier Palacios schrieb:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm working on a version of createrepo/yum able to work with debian packages.
> > The first change required is to search for .deb files instead of .rpm
> > extensions.
> > The patch I submit just replaces the explicit '.rpm' strings with a
> > variable so there is a single point to modify if we search for diffent
> > extensions.
> 
> Sounds like a good idea, but is createrepo able to really >index< .deb
> files; I mean getting name, version, release, description, ... from the
> pkgs?
> 

not as-is but I guess it could be made to be.

-sv