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From: scuffer AT hups DOT apana DOT org DOT au (David Murn)
Subject: Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19?
8 Sep 1997 14:25:01 -0700 :
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On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Gilligan wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone was working on this for b19?  It's the only thing
> Redhat's rpm program needs to be able to install programs via their packages.

Just out of interest, why are you wanting to use rpm on a Win32 system
anyway?  Also, about your chroot() problem, can't you get around this
problem by using cpio and the rpm2cpio programs combined?

Davey

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