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Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:25:03 +1100
From: Chris Cormie <cjcormie@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Parallel downloading of Cygwin packages
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> There are barriers to implementing rpm in Cygwin, the most frequently
> mentioned being the fact that a cygwin process can't easily replace
> cygwin1.dll or any other running executables.

If the in-Cygwin package manager can't update core Cygwin, that's not a 
deal breaker IMO: there is a fair bit of useful app package management 
that can be done without changing the core.

As for running executables -- well, perhaps this is more of my ignorance 
:) but couldn't a well behaved package close down running services in 
the preremove script? (In the case the package was being upgraded.)

Best Regards,
Chris

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