X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <448DE34F.6030303@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:57:35 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20060112 Fedora/1.5-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: RPM's require to much knowledge of setup to port easily References: <061020062022.10945.448B29F200067FE000002AC122068246930A050E040D0C079D0A@comcast.net> <448B643D.6040401@tlinx.org> <448C73CA.60703@tlinx.org> <20060611203927.GG12755@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <448DC0BC.10103@tlinx.org> In-Reply-To: <448DC0BC.10103@tlinx.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 On 06/12/2006, Linda Walsh wrote: > >> I still don't get all the reasons behind forcing everyone into a > >> new format. Is it just a power trip or what? > >> > > > > Actually, the "new" (i.e., five+ year old) format was imposed on us by > > the Trilateral Commission. > --- > Ah, but you avoided answering the question. Why did the cygwin > project go with another package format? It can't be because > rpm doesn't run natively under Win -- since when installing > system for the first time, a non-rpm setup & install process > is used. "Rpm" is used after the basic packages are loaded. Ah, the lack of a Windows RPM port was *exactly* the reason setup.exe was created. The simplest way to port RPM was to use Cygwin, which then leads to a chicken/egg problem. In all honesty though, if you really would like to know the details of the decision- making process that made the install process what it is today, you can find it all in the cygwin-apps email archives. You'll have to go back quite a ways to find it's beginnings though. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/