X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <43DC1C19.1040401@hones.org.uk> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:36:25 +0000 From: Cliff Hones User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: can't install rpm References: <43DBC16C.1050709@hones.org.uk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.2 (-) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id k0T1aWbD024419 René Berber wrote: > Cliff Hones wrote: > [snip] >>> Why don't you install the Cygwin specific package? (i.e. tinyos-cygwin-1.1.zip) > -----------------------------------------------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > This is the TinyOS distribution for Cygwin. > >> I think the OP is probably following the directions on the tinyos download >> pages for windows. It should all work once the official Cygwin version of >> rpm is installed using setup. The rpm packages in question do appear to >> be cygwin-specific, so point 2 above does not apply. > > No, the directions for installing under Cygwin don't direct the user to use rpm, > they have 2 options: use a Windows installer or unzip the package. I did have a > look at the TinyOS pages before posting. Sorry, but I beg to differ. I suspect we are looking at different pages, but here's what I was referring to: http://www.tinyos.net/tinyos-1.x/doc/install.html#windows -- Cliff. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/