X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <48865F1D.7000507@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:28:45 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: packages References: <20080718235722.GB18034@suncomp3.spk.agilent.com> <48865AB3.7070200@veritech.com> In-Reply-To: <48865AB3.7070200@veritech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Lee D. Rothstein wrote: > Gary Johnson wrote: > > > On 2008-07-18, r wrote: > > >> I'm new about cygwin, but I use from a lot SuSE and OpenSuSE > >> can I install packages rpm from linux distributions on cygwin ? > > > > No. First off, Cygwin doesn't use Red Hat's package manager, it > > uses its own package manager, setup.exe. Secondly, binaries built > > for Linux will not run under Cygwin--the binary interfaces to the > > operating system are totally different. > > Er, what's the purpose, then, of 'rpm.exe' that can be installed > with 'setup.exe'? Installing RPM source. Installing RPMs targeted for Windows or Cygwin, if someone has made some. > If "you" had a Cygwin-related/-dependent package, that > "you" wished to distribute to a group of users (say, >> 25), > > What utility would you use to install this package? Since you would require Cygwin, I would recommend packaging it to install with 'setup.exe'. That would make it easier for the users, since they are going to need Cygwin anyway. It would be a 1-stop install process. > The package would consist mostly of scripts -- bash, gawk, perl; > quite a few soft links, and some man pages, some documentation in > HTML format. > > Would you use?: > > * Make? > * Custom perl script? > * Custom bash script? > * Custom setup.ini & setup.exe? > * Or what? 'setup.exe' -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/