X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:48:59 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Parallel downloading of Cygwin packages Message-ID: <20091102134859.GC9072@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4AEAD9EE DOT 4010009 AT gamr7 DOT com> <20091030125852 DOT GB1361 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4AEBA0D2 DOT 5060001 AT gmail DOT com> <20091031024002 DOT GA19570 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4AEBBED1 DOT 6070802 AT gmail DOT com> <20091031152025 DOT GA22041 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4AEE510F DOT 3050707 AT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4AEE510F.3050707@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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, Nov 02, 2009 at 02:25:03PM +1100, Chris Cormie wrote: >> There are barriers to implementing rpm in Cygwin, the most frequently >> mentioned being the fact that a cygwin process can't easily replace >> cygwin1.dll or any other running executables. > >If the in-Cygwin package manager can't update core Cygwin, that's not a >deal breaker IMO: there is a fair bit of useful app package management >that can be done without changing the core. Maybe it's not clear but your personal needs are not really the issue here. There are many people for whom not being able to update the cygwin DLL is a big deal. >As for running executables -- well, perhaps this is more of my ignorance >:) but couldn't a well behaved package close down running services in >the preremove script? (In the case the package was being upgraded.) This subject has been talked about quite a few times. The mailing list archives should have lots of information if you want to educate yourself. I will close my participation in this thread by pointing out that Cygwin 1.7 will come with a version of setup.exe that allows updating and installation of packages from the command line. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple