* Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? @ 1997-09-04 14:25 Gilligan 1997-09-07 10:35 ` Marty Leisner 1997-09-08 4:23 ` David Murn 0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: Gilligan @ 1997-09-04 14:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GNU Win 32 I was wondering if anyone was working on this for b19? It's the only thing Redhat's rpm program needs to be able to install programs via their packages. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-04 14:25 Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? Gilligan @ 1997-09-07 10:35 ` Marty Leisner 1997-09-08 16:54 ` Gilligan 1997-09-08 4:23 ` David Murn 1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: Marty Leisner @ 1997-09-07 10:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gilligan; +Cc: GNU Win 32 In message < 340F262A.EE4DEA75@prairienet.org >, you write: >I was wondering if anyone was working on this for b19? It's the only thing >Redhat's rpm program needs to be able to install programs via their packages. >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". How would chroot work (except within a process)? marty - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-07 10:35 ` Marty Leisner @ 1997-09-08 16:54 ` Gilligan 0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: Gilligan @ 1997-09-08 16:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GNU Win 32 Marty Leisner wrote: > > In message < 340F262A.EE4DEA75@prairienet.org >, you write: > >I was wondering if anyone was working on this for b19? It's the only thing > >Redhat's rpm program needs to be able to install programs via their packages. > > How would chroot work (except within a process)? > > marty One way could be to temporarily remap the mount table to adjust where / is. Then, of course, it'd have to remap it to what it was before at the program's exit. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-04 14:25 Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? Gilligan 1997-09-07 10:35 ` Marty Leisner @ 1997-09-08 4:23 ` David Murn 1997-09-08 16:54 ` Gilligan 1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: David Murn @ 1997-09-08 4:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gilligan; +Cc: GNU Win 32 On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Gilligan wrote: > I was wondering if anyone was working on this for b19? It's the only thing > Redhat's rpm program needs to be able to install programs via their packages. Just out of interest, why are you wanting to use rpm on a Win32 system anyway? Also, about your chroot() problem, can't you get around this problem by using cpio and the rpm2cpio programs combined? Davey - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-08 4:23 ` David Murn @ 1997-09-08 16:54 ` Gilligan 1997-09-13 5:34 ` David Fox 0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: Gilligan @ 1997-09-08 16:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GNU Win 32 > Just out of interest, why are you wanting to use rpm on a Win32 system > anyway? Also, about your chroot() problem, can't you get around this > problem by using cpio and the rpm2cpio programs combined? > > Davey Mainly, to have a way of managing packages (the "pm" in rpm :)), making it easier to install, remove, upgrade, etc packages. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-08 16:54 ` Gilligan @ 1997-09-13 5:34 ` David Fox 1997-09-14 9:44 ` Paul Prescod 0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: David Fox @ 1997-09-13 5:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GNU Win 32 Gilligan <kunglao@prairienet.org> writes: > > Just out of interest, why are you wanting to use rpm on a Win32 system > > anyway? Also, about your chroot() problem, can't you get around this > > problem by using cpio and the rpm2cpio programs combined? > > Mainly, to have a way of managing packages (the "pm" in rpm :)), making it > easier to install, remove, upgrade, etc packages. I would also like to see RPM under Win32, unless there is some superior alternative available under NT. Of course, for it to be superior it would have to be cross platform and already available and in wide use under Unix, which it isn't. So there you are. -- David Fox http://www.cat.nyu.edu/fox xoF divaD NYU Media Research Lab fox@cat.nyu.edu baL hcraeseR aideM UYN - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-13 5:34 ` David Fox @ 1997-09-14 9:44 ` Paul Prescod 1997-09-14 11:22 ` Alex 1997-09-14 13:26 ` Gilligan 0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: Paul Prescod @ 1997-09-14 9:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GNU Win 32 David Fox wrote: > I would also like to see RPM under Win32, unless there is some > superior alternative available under NT. Of course, for it to be > superior it would have to be cross platform and already available and > in wide use under Unix, which it isn't. So there you are. Is RPM in wide use under Unix as opposed to just Linux? I have used it and found it very convenient, but hardly anybody distributes their software that way by default. :( Some Linuxer always has to turn it into an RPM. It would be very nice if RPM were more widely used and supported. Maybe making it available and compatible under NT would help. I'm no expert, but can't you make RPMs that have just the portable source and no binaries? Paul Prescod - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-14 9:44 ` Paul Prescod @ 1997-09-14 11:22 ` Alex 1997-09-14 13:26 ` Gilligan 1 sibling, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: Alex @ 1997-09-14 11:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GNU Win 32 On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Paul Prescod wrote: > Is RPM in wide use under Unix as opposed to just Linux? I have used it No, it's not widely used even within Linux. Check out someone running Debian or Slackware, they each have their own package managers, as does Solaris and FreeBSD, and OpenBSD, etc,etc. > and found it very convenient, but hardly anybody distributes their > software that way by default. :( Some Linuxer always has to turn it into > an RPM. It would be very nice if RPM were more widely used and > supported. Maybe making it available and compatible under NT would help. Yes it would. I'm sure that someone could hack around to get a chroot like thing working. > I'm no expert, but can't you make RPMs that have just the portable > source and no binaries? Yes. - alex - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-14 9:44 ` Paul Prescod 1997-09-14 11:22 ` Alex @ 1997-09-14 13:26 ` Gilligan 1997-09-15 6:34 ` Earnie Boyd 1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: Gilligan @ 1997-09-14 13:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: GNU Win 32 Paul Prescod wrote: > > David Fox wrote: > > I would also like to see RPM under Win32, unless there is some > > superior alternative available under NT. Of course, for it to be > > superior it would have to be cross platform and already available and > > in wide use under Unix, which it isn't. So there you are. > > Is RPM in wide use under Unix as opposed to just Linux? I have used it > and found it very convenient, but hardly anybody distributes their > software that way by default. :( Some Linuxer always has to turn it into > an RPM. It would be very nice if RPM were more widely used and > supported. Maybe making it available and compatible under NT would help. > I'm no expert, but can't you make RPMs that have just the portable > source and no binaries? > > Paul Prescod Yes, you can make RPMs have whatever you want. Any unix system needs some way of managing all the software that gets installed (despite what the real-men-only-use-tar.gz type people say). I've run Linux for quite a while and have gotten used to RPM. It would be extremely handy here for those times you just want to start over. Make a list of what you have installed (rpm -qa), deltree everything, and re-download the rpms and you'll be all set. Of course, looking toward the future, the "final" product should have some kind of package manager, might as well start now :). BTW, I am working on a chroot-less rpm. It seems like it will work, you just cannot redirect root from /. On another note, anyone else experience quite a few gpfs in win95 (osr2) with the last couple cygwin.dll's of Seryey? Could just be my flakey system, but there's frequent GPFs, lockups, etc. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 1997-09-14 13:26 ` Gilligan @ 1997-09-15 6:34 ` Earnie Boyd 0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: Earnie Boyd @ 1997-09-15 6:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Gilligan; +Cc: GNU Win 32 On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Gilligan wrote: --snip--snip--snip--snip > On another note, anyone else experience quite a few gpfs in win95 (osr2) with > the last couple cygwin.dll's of Seryey? Could just be my flakey system, but > there's frequent GPFs, lockups, etc. > - yes. I tried installing the current package and it just won't work properly. I can get bash up and running. I took care to install the proper cygwin.dll. I go to the ncurses source, rm the config.cache file, type configure and when it test for GCC it just hangs the computer. I have to cold boot (can't even get the Windows task manager to respond). I am using the original version of Win95. Could this make a difference? > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
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