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René Berber wrote:
> Cliff Hones wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Why don't you install the Cygwin specific package? (i.e. tinyos-cygwin-1.1.zip)
> -----------------------------------------------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This is the TinyOS distribution for Cygwin.
> 
>> I think the OP is probably following the directions on the tinyos download
>> pages for windows.  It should all work once the official Cygwin version of
>> rpm is installed using setup.  The rpm packages in question do appear to
>> be cygwin-specific, so point 2 above does not apply.
> 
> No, the directions for installing under Cygwin don't direct the user to use rpm,
> they have 2 options: use a Windows installer or unzip the package.  I did have a
> look at the TinyOS pages before posting.

Sorry, but I beg to differ.  I suspect we are looking at different pages,
but here's what I was referring to:

   http://www.tinyos.net/tinyos-1.x/doc/install.html#windows

-- Cliff.


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