Alien is a tool for converting software distribution packages between different package formats. Currently supported formats are RedHat's RPM, Debian's DPKG, Slackware's tgz and Stampede's SLP. See the project homepage.
Not to forget the CMUCL package "alien" that help you build ffis (Foreign Function Interface)
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