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> Elfyn McBratney wrote: > >>>using the cutting-edge in Cygwin then they'll just use the > >>>net release. Could also be the birth of CPM, too. > >> > >>Control Program/Monitor? > > > > > > Cygwin Package Manager... > > If I might lob a grenade into the frey, > how about using Connectiva's port of apt to support the > rpm format? That'd be able to handle LSB packages. > And yes, I'd like to see Cygwin become LSB compliant. > 'Course, we'd need to write a subprofile of LSB for > systems that use the PE executable format. > (/me ducks) LOL! In theory it could be a good thing. But it would be a hell of lot of work, some poor sole would have to write the spec, and if I understand the LSB standard correctly you can't (or shouldn't) just have a one-way relationship. Plus there's already some confusion about Cygwin being linux on-top-of windows. Elfyn -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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