Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/08/29/13:59:28
Last time I checked, the only working version of RPM for Cygwin was 3.
(If memory serves.) And I haven't heard too much discussion from people
who are willing to do modifications to it to make the newer versions
work with cygwin. Though I'd imagine that if a developer writing a
cygwin app wanted to make a v3 RPM and distrubute it that way (with
information on where to get the latest working Cygwin version of RPM) it
would work.
As for the actual OFFICIAL cygwin distribution, I have no idea. I'd
imagine that having setup.exe no one is quite inclined to scrap it in
favor of a completely new setup scheme. That's just pure speculation on
my part however.
-Alex
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com] On Behalf Of Michael F. March
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 12:08 PM
> To: John Marshall; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: On Cygwin package naming and a setup.exe bug
>
>
> Is there a reason why all the packages for Cygwin are not
> managed via RPM instead of these compressed tar balls?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jmarshall AT pop DOT enterprise DOT net>
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:20 AM
> Subject: Re: On Cygwin package naming and a setup.exe bug
>
>
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > If I make an RPM, that does not mean that said RPM is now
> an official
> > part of the Red Hat distribution. It means that it is a
> Red Hat Package
> > Manager file.
>
> Right. It's not an official part of the Red Hat distribution. But it
> *is* conveniently installable by the "rpm" tool, or any other
> tool used
> to install Red Hat Package Manager packages.
>
> > Hmm. Now you've got it. So, why the above confusion?
>
> Perhaps you can suggest a succinct name for "tar file
> containing programs
> that use Cygwin and installable by Cygwin's setup.exe".
> Clearly the words
> I used ("Cygwin package", by comparison with "RPM package")
> are causing
> people who already use those words for something else a lot
> of confusion.
>
> > [Random packages from Al Buonanno, Joe Blaupunkt, and Irene
> Trumbauer
> > aren't official parts of the Cygwin distribution.]
>
> Okay, I think I get your point.
>
> >> As Charles
> >> suggested, I can call the file prc-tools-cygwin-2.1.tar.gz
> >
> > Actually, I suggested that. I don't understand why this is
> horrible.
>
> Both you and Charles suggested this one. (I'm surprised you don't see
> why it is not as nice as it could be.)
>
> John
>
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