X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=-5.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
MIME-Version:	1.0
In-Reply-To:	<4F8F062A.9030506@gmail.com>
References:	<4F7FEF5B DOT 5060206 AT gmail DOT com> <4F8D066B DOT 2060900 AT tlinx DOT org> <4F8EBDF0 DOT 4080407 AT gmail DOT com> <20120418140309 DOT GC29332 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4F8EE652 DOT 6060203 AT gmail DOT com> <20120418170808 DOT GC30849 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4F8F062A DOT 9030506 AT gmail DOT com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:30:24 -0400
Message-ID:	<CA+sc5mmT1GgnCe4kh6pHJc2Z9zh4YYutGsmHyf-UVdVO-CpqAA@mail.gmail.com>
Subject:	Re: Can RPM packages be installed into Cygwin?
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-IsSubscribed:	yes
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:21 PM, De-Jian Zhao wrote:
>
> Thank you, Christopher. Is there a way to export the package info or lib
> info of setup.exe to rpm? If they can share information, the problem will be
> easily solved.
>

You can always read the source code to determine how to read the
package info of setup.exe.

> Besides, I tried --nodeps option with src.rpm. It requires root privilege
> (see below). However, "sudo rpm" and "su root" both failed to work. Any way
> to fix it? Does Cygwin has a root user?

It would be the Windows administrator user.  You probably need to
execute mkpasswd.  See http://cygwin.com/faq/ and search for passwd on
the page.

-- 
Earnie
-- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -