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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:46:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Prentis Brooks <prentis AT aol DOT net>
To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
cc: <jm DOT poure AT freesurf DOT fr>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: RPM 4 under cygwin
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One of the guys on my team here has ported the current version of RPM, once
he cleans up his patch, we will send out to you all.

On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:

> At 08:54 AM 12/19/2001, Jean-Michel POURE wrote:
> >Dear all,
> >
> >I am new to Cygwin and would like to know if someone is porting RPM 4 to
> >Cygwin. There are two reasons for this question:
> >
> >1) PHP library and application installer
> >I am developping a PHP library installer based on RPM. Presently, if no RPM
> >solution is available under Cygwin, my installer will only work under Linux.
>
>
> There have been ports of RPM 3 previously reported to this list.  See the
> email archives or perhaps the port web page for more information.  I don't
> recall seeing anyone reportedly working on RPM 4.
>
>
> >2) Cygwin packages
> >Could someone explain me what are the benefits of Cygwin packages over RPM.
> >Do Cygwin packages test dependencies and validate signatures? When a stable
> >version of KDE 2 is running under Cygwin, will you be able to maintain all
> >needed dependencies?
>
>
> setup.exe recently added the ability to track dependencies between
> packages, though dependencies on certain versions of other packages is
> still to come.
>
>
>
> Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
> RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
> 838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX
>
>
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Prentis Brooks	| prentis AT aol DOT net | 703-265-0914 | AIM: PrentisB
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