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Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:35:36 -0700
From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RPM support (was Re: qmail port successfull)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0305291124191.21496-100000@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>; from pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu on Thu, May 29, 2003 at 11:28:14AM -0400

On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 11:28:14AM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Lapo Luchini wrote:
> > This reminds me that maybe it could be cool to have an "install" option
> > in "type 2 packages" that installs them directly, without bothering to
> > have a "fake" local setup.ini, starting setup, let it install the
> > package... this would need some command line "installed package db"
> > management of some kind. Or it is already out there, only I didn't
> > notice it?
> 
> Isn't that what the RPM port eventually hopes to accomplish? ;-)

Yes, at least those are /my/ plans. FWIW, I hoping to use apt-rpm.

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Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
alcocer AT helixdigital DOT com -- http://www.helixdigital.com

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