From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23636 invoked by alias); 15 Jan 2014 06:10:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 23622 invoked by uid 89); 15 Jan 2014 06:10:16 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.72) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:10:15 +0000 Received: from pool-108-49-99-58.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([108.49.99.58] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1W3Jg5-0008M0-Iz for cygwin@cygwin.com; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:10:13 +0000 Received: from ednor (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with SMTP id 789FB6011A for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:10:11 -0500 (EST) Received: by ednor (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 15 Jan 2014 01:10:11 -0500 X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX1+qV+FD3utgRXhJuxXE4BAf Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 06:10:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: RPM 4.11.1-1 fails on Cygwin 1.7.27-1 and -2 Message-ID: <20140115061011.GA4258@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <52D1E731.4080901@comcast.net> <52D610A0.3020207@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-SW-Source: 2014-01/txt/msg00160.txt.bz2 On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:38:18AM -0500, Lord Laraby wrote: >So, does cygwin now support installing software via Redhat Package >Manager? No, of course not. >Or is this RPM just a cross install tool just used for cygwin on linux >boxen? We've had an rpm binary in the distribution for probably 10 years or so. This is nothing new. Use it as you will but it is not going to be a replacement for Cygwin's crude package manager any time soon. >I tried to build RPM many long moons ago when cygwin was young, but >other than very simple src packages, most everything failed to >configure or build. Have these issues been worked out? I dropped it >off my radar after too many sleepless nights... Obviously if there is a new version of rpm in the build that means that it possible to build it... 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