Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/02/08/15:48:41
Hello.
Laurynas Biveinis wrote:
> AFAIK, Richard has looked into this problem too,
> and came to conclusion that writing DJGPP-oriented
> utility is better than porting.
Yes, I did look at porting. I have not ported many programs using DJGPP -
a couple of network apps like sitecopy. So, my porting experience is
limited. However, it looked like I would have to port several packages
just to get to the point of porting the actual package manager. I decided
that I'd prefer to write my own one.
I tried both rpm and dpkg. I think rpm actually completed its configure
script, but I can't remember how far it got through the source. Not far
enough for me too continue trying to port it.
I also decided it would be interesting to write a DJGPP installer. It
hopefully won't have all the baggage that dpkg, rpm have (although there
has to be some point for the baggage ;) ).
Laurynas, did you have a go at porting rpm too?
Bye,
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Richard Dawe
richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com ICQ 47595498 http://www.bigfoot.com/~richdawe/
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