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Date:	Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:54:27 -0600
From:	Mark Paulus <mark DOT paulus AT mci DOT com>
Subject:	Re: BUG: cygwin implementation of Debian package tools
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My company is apparently working on getting my 
assignment worked out, so if/when they do, I would
be interested in taking on this package.

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:27:35 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:

>On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 01:07:23PM -0400, David A. Cobb wrote:
>>Getting tired of loading disks, I structured a local mirror of the
>>Debian directory structure and tried running Cygwin
>>dpkg-scanpackages.  I expected it to take a while, so I wasn't
>>surprised - I just went and make some more coffee.  But after 20
>>minutes I suspected something was wrong and fired up ProcessExplorer.
>>   Under my console bash I discovered:
>>+perl (OK, dpkg-scanpackeages is a big perl script I guess)
>>++dpkg-deb
>>++rm.exe    <==== getting 98% of the CPU time and not making any
>>progress.  Watching the handles display, I see an open handle on what
>>must be the first *.deb file found so I'm pretty sure of the "no
>>progress -= stuck!" diagnosis.
>>
>>Killed it all, ran my scan with the identical sh script in Debian
>>proper.  It did, indeed, take a bit of time but it completed without a
>>hitch and /bin/rm  never stayed long enough for me to see it: perl got
>>about 3 sec. CPU, dpkg-deb about 2, find about 2, everything else less
>>than 1.

>Since Robert Collins is no longer actively involved with the Cygwin
>community, this package is now unmaintained.

>If no one wants to claim it within the next week or so, I'll probably
>remove it from the distribution.

>cgf

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