Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/05/19/05:19:02
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On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 19:11, Eckehardt Luhm wrote:
> > Re: Can't install rpm-packages
> > From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com>
> > Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 07:18:09 -0700
> > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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> > On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 03:56:55PM +0200, Eckehardt Luhm wrote:
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> >> Greetings!
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> >> When trying to install an rpm (I tried a lot!), I get the following
> >> error:
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> > [snip error message]
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> > It looks like the rpm file you downloaded is corrupted.
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> Oh wow... shame on me, a typical case of RTFM. I found the problem. The
> path from which I tried to install the rpm's was mounted in textmode.
> Mounted in binary I can install rpm's without any trouble. I wasn't
> aware that rpm isn't able to distinguish between binaryfiles and textfile=
s.
Thats a bug in the RPM package, not a bug in your expectations ;].
Rob
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