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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 12:09:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jason Pyeron <jpyeron AT pdinc DOT us>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: setup alternatives
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Brian Dessent wrote:

> I don't think it will be as simple as just converting the packages to
> rpm.  The rpm command itself will depend on cygwin1.dll, and any
> subcommands that it executes (ls, awk, perl, whatever) will as well, in
> addition to any other DLLs that those commands need.  This means you

static link and boot strap a core with the installer. Just like installing 
linux from cd.

> won't be able to install/remove any of those packages with rpm because
> it's impossible to replace in-use files under Windows and rpm does not
> know how to do it the windows-way.

hmmm.... will have to look in to this.

The last time I read of someone
> trying this it ended in rpm segfaulting and not working at all, but that
> could have been a while ago.

gosh darnit, I just want to upgrade cygwin via ssh.


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