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From: fox AT cat DOT nyu DOT edu (David Fox)
Subject: Re: rpm-2.4.109 for Cygwin32 uploaded
12 May 1998 18:59:22 -0700 :
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To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Cc: gw32 <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> writes:

> ---David Fox <fox AT cat DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote:
> >
> > I've uploaded a beta version of RPM for the Cygwin32 package to
> > ftp://ftp.cs.nyu.edu/pub/local/fox/cygwin32.  Let me know if it works
> > for you, particularly if you try it with Windows 95.  I'm sure there
> > are some features that are untested because I don't use them, but the
> > basic things like query, verify, build, install and uninstall work
> > well.
> > 
> > To install, unpack the .tar.gz file in your Cygwin32 root directory.
> 
> You mean I have to use a "zipped tarball" to install a different
> package manager!?  Hat's off to Red. ;^)

Mea culpa!  If someone wants to make a self installing binary out of
this, by all means.  But I think first a little testing is in order...
-- 
David Fox	   http://www.cat.nyu.edu/fox		xoF divaD
NYU Media Research Lab   fox AT cat DOT nyu DOT edu   baL hcraeseR aideM UYN
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