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Linda Walsh wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
>>> I have cygwin install but I can not find the
>>> implementation of Unix 'at' command.
>>>     
>> Because no one has ported an open source version of it
>> to cygwin yet.
>>   
> ----
>    Some packages might be more easily ported if RPM's
> became a common way to package cygwin packages.  Much
> of the porting effort is in converting to the cygwin installer.
> Someone asked about logrotation a while back and I was
> surprised no one had ported a logrotate package.  I pulled
> the source RPM from my SuSE distro, and was able to
> produce a binary RPM in about 10 minutes, then I realized
> RPM's weren't a desirable format for cygwin packages.
> 
>    I'm sure there's some good reason for converting all
> packages to yet another installer, but I'm not sure I know
> what they are.  One side effect, though -- it can  put a
> damper on porting programs over when most (or all) of the
> work is in converting to the a different installer.


Support for RPM and DEB packages were always intended for setup.exe.
It's just no one has added this support yet.  Anyone who's interested
is certainly welcome to provide patches to reach this goal.  I'm sure
they will be thoughtfully considered.


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