X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 14:30:39 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation) Message-ID: <20060611183039.GD12755@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <061020062022 DOT 10945 DOT 448B29F200067FE000002AC122068246930A050E040D0C079D0A AT comcast DOT net> <448B643D DOT 6040401 AT tlinx DOT org> <448BA449 DOT 9000008 AT cygwin DOT com> <448C2F76 DOT 6020607 AT ukf DOT net> <448C4719 DOT 80204 AT rvmgroup DOT it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <448C4719.80204@rvmgroup.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 06:38:49PM +0200, gabriele DOT mailing AT rvmgroup DOT it wrote: >Max Bowsher wrote >>I've entertained fantasies of making integrating dpkg into setup.exe, >>and making Cygwin packages be in .deb format > >I'll certainly love .deb packages, surely apt support. Cygwin is >command-line, so it would be nice to ssh remotely in a machine, run >apt-get update && apt-get upgrade to mantain the Cygwin system.... That's precisely why people think about integrating something like rpm or deb into the packaging system. However, the funny thing about free software is that no matter how much people want this type of thing it still requires someone to do the actual work. I would hate to see this thread become a wish-fest when there is obviously no one interested in doing this work. That would be a waste of good electrons. I will point out that there is no mystery to the format of cygwin packages. They are just .tar.bz2 files and they are *MUCH* simpler than rpm or deb files (and I am intimately acquainted with all three formats, thanks). It is not that hard to extract .tar.bz2 files and install them except for the chicken/egg problem of installing packages that are used to install packages. That is a basic problem with rpm and deb too. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/