Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/07/22/18:29:19
Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
> Gary Johnson wrote:
>
> > On 2008-07-18, r wrote:
>
> >> I'm new about cygwin, but I use from a lot SuSE and OpenSuSE
> >> can I install packages rpm from linux distributions on cygwin ?
>
>
> > No. First off, Cygwin doesn't use Red Hat's package manager, it
> > uses its own package manager, setup.exe. Secondly, binaries built
> > for Linux will not run under Cygwin--the binary interfaces to the
> > operating system are totally different.
>
> Er, what's the purpose, then, of 'rpm.exe' that can be installed
> with 'setup.exe'?
Installing RPM source. Installing RPMs targeted for Windows or
Cygwin, if someone has made some.
> If "you" had a Cygwin-related/-dependent package, that
> "you" wished to distribute to a group of users (say, >> 25),
>
> What utility would you use to install this package?
Since you would require Cygwin, I would recommend packaging it to
install with 'setup.exe'. That would make it easier for the users,
since they are going to need Cygwin anyway. It would be a 1-stop
install process.
> The package would consist mostly of scripts -- bash, gawk, perl;
> quite a few soft links, and some man pages, some documentation in
> HTML format.
>
> Would you use?:
>
> * Make?
> * Custom perl script?
> * Custom bash script?
> * Custom setup.ini & setup.exe?
> * Or what?
'setup.exe'
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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