From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gilligan To: GNU Win 32 Subject: Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 13:26:00 -0000 Message-id: <341C4646.55A55ABD@prairienet.org> References: <34148E48.332A2F6E@prairienet.org> <341C1401.FF1F7367@technologist.com> X-SW-Source: 1997-09/msg00267.html 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".