X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 21:45:39 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Replacing setup.exe and cygcheck with dpkg (Was: Re: cygcheck typo in both manpage and --help) Message-ID: <20090309014539.GB8625@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <5c01594c0903081410n548fdb1ewbb43692129942901 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20090308211548 DOT GA8625 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <49B457E7 DOT 3010406 AT dazjorz DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49B457E7.3010406@dazjorz.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 12:42:31AM +0100, Sjors Gielen wrote: > Christopher Faylor schreef: >>> setup.exe and cygcheck are very nice but was wondering if the idea of >>> using >>> yum and rpm was ever tossed around? >> Yes, it has been discussed many times. There are big barriers to >> getting these working, mainly due to problems installing already-running >> programs. >> cgf > > Hey Christopher, > > I've succesfully ported dpkg. In a few weeks time, I'll start working on my > Debian Cygwin project again, I'm currently busy with other things - but > maybe you could take a look at my dpkg changes and see if you can make a > Cygwin-dpkg which is compatible with cygcheck and setup.exe. Dpkg is very > easy to use, as is apt-get which I was busy porting before I stopped > temporarily. Sorry but I don't see us moving to dpkg. If we were going to use anything it would probably be rpm. Cygwin is owned by Red Hat and hosted on a Red Hat sponsored system after all. > (Since 1.7 already fixes the problem of installing running programs, Color me dubious. How did you solve the problem of installing cygwin over a running version of cygwin? 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/