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On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 01:28:34PM +1100, Chris Cormie wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> I'd like the installer to use a more intuitive UI, be more capable of
>> running from the command line, and be able to handle RPMs.
>http://code.google.com/p/cyg-apt/
>(Command line installer project.)
>
>Doesn't handle RPMs, only Cygwin packages. Does have a apt-get style 
>interface. I'm thinking RPM support is a bit beside the point?

Nope.  A real package manager would be very nice.

>A binary RPM from a different distro won't work, packages usually need
>porting to
>  Cygwin -- that's all part of the Cygwin package system.
>
>If you only need to install specific packages, setup.exe has you covered:
>$./setup-1.7.exe -q -P joe

I'm very well aware of setup's capabilities.  I am one of the authors
after all.

cgf

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