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From:	"Churchill, Dan (MN65)" <churchill_dan AT htc DOT honeywell DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: PLEASE!
Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2001 15:40:38 -0500
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I think you'll be begging for a long time. Search the archives for exactly
why this isn't feasible/worth the effort, but the gist of it is more or less
that if you don't have cygwin already installed, how can you use RPM ported
to Cygwin to install it.  The Cygwin installer has to deal with things that
RPM has no concept of, e.g. the Windows registry.

The installer works well enough if you make the effort to learn how to use
it.  And even if it didn't, you don't need to insult the work that people
have *donated* to this open source project.  If you don't like it, volunteer
to help work on it, or don't use it.  If you want RPM ported to Cygwin, feel
free to go ahead and do it...

-Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Lemings [mailto:eric DOT b DOT lemings AT lmco DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 3:40 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: PLEASE!
> 
> 
> Dump that crappy installer and port RPM to Cygwin!
> 
> I beg you!
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric.
> 
> 
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