userx@slackwhere:~/Downloads
$ rpm2tgz lazarus-1.8.0-0.x86_64.rpm
ERROR: rpm2cpio failed. (maybe lazarus-1.8.0-0.x86_64.rpm is not an RPM?)
userx@slackwhere:~/Downloads
$ deb2tgz fpc-src_3.0.4-1_amd64.deb
mv: cannot stat 'data.tar.gz': No such file or directory
ERROR: ar failed. (maybe fpc-src_3.0.4-1_amd64.deb is not an DEB?)
so makes me wonder what differences are now being made to deb and rpm's that the program to convert them to tgz is not working on them?