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From:	"Michael F. March" <march AT indirect DOT com>
To:	"Churchill, Dan \(MN65\)" <churchill_dan AT htc DOT honeywell DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: PLEASE!
Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:51:59 -0700
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I used to sign the "down with setup.exe" tune too.

However, it has proven to be great tool and makes
upgrading to new versions a SNAP..


> 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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