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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:09:52 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: RPM 4 under cygwin
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Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:

>>2) Cygwin packages
>>Could someone explain me what are the benefits of Cygwin packages over RPM. 
>>Do Cygwin packages test dependencies and validate signatures? 


Since Larry didn't touch this, I'll respond.  Cygwin packages can be 
unpacked/interpreted/understood by a NON cygwin program (setup.exe is a 
native windows app).  ALL ports of RPM that I have seen require cygwin 
-- which means they cannot easily be used to install cygwin itself on a 
virgin system.  This is a serious drawback.

Signature validation is a good idea(*) -- Robert, can you add that to 
the wishlist?

(*) I'm thinking more in terms the md5 file verification, not 
necessarily maintainer-signature PGP verification...

--Chuck


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