Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <065701c188d6$521b1510$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: "Charles Wilson" , References: <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20011219103326 DOT 0166d180 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> <3C20BBD0 DOT 3030502 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> Subject: Re: RPM 4 under cygwin Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:44:20 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Dec 2001 21:44:54.0713 (UTC) FILETIME=[654EDA90:01C188D6] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Wilson" > 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. And cannot replace in-use files. AFAIK only my alpha experiment on that is around for the cygwin/rpm/deb world. > 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... I can't figure out why it's not there already. I could have sworn... Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/