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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 23:12:31 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Daniel Bell <Daniel DOT Bell AT colorbus DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: rpm error for perl 5.6
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You might also try Michael Ring's <<unsupported!!!! (*) >> perl rpm.
Check the cygwin-apps mailing list archives for info.

--Chuck

(*) Not even supported by Michael -- he just threw it up there as a
temporary measure as part of his RPM development.


Daniel Bell wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install perl 5.6 using the RPM from
> http://cygwin-rpm.sourceforge.net/. I've downloaded the RPM file a number of
> times, to make sure that it hasn't been corrupted. However, every time I try
> to install (on an NT4 system, using cygwin 1.1.4) I get:
> 
> $ rpm -i --ignoreos perl-5.6.0-cygwin1.1.rpm
> user martin1 does not exist - using root
> 
> [lots of this line deleted]
> 
> user martin1 does not exist - using root
> unpacking of archive failed: cpio: Bad magic
> 
> Has anyone else had this trouble with the perl RPM file? I have successfully
> managed to install other packages via RPM. Also, where is the cpio
> executable located? (Its not under /usr/bin on my system.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
> 
> - Daniel Bell
> - Software Engineer, Colorbus Pty Ltd
> - Email: daniel DOT bell AT colorbus DOT com DOT au
> - Phone: 61 3 8574 8035
> - WWW:   http://www.colorbus.com
> 
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