Re: Intent to package: rpm-4.1

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 08:37:39PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
> >Dario Alcocer wrote:
> >> Based on some of the recent work of Yann Crausaz[1] and Max Bowsher[2],
> >> and inspired by a recent comment[3] from Chuck Wilson, I've decided to
> >> begin once again a project[4] I had proposed nearly two years ago[5]. My
> >> immediate plan is to start with Yann's and Max's work and deliver an RPM
> >> package in the next few days that can be installed by setup.exe; this
> >> also means I'm volunteering to be the maintainer (I hope this is OK with
> >> Yann and Max.)
> >
> >No objections here.
>
> This gets my vote too.  I'm anxious to see this in cygwin.  I keep getting
> asked about this.
> cgf

While it would be nice in principle to get rpm working in Cygwin, it
wouldn't be particularly useful unless it shares the installed database
with setup.exe...  If it does, then its features, such as finding a
package containing a particular file, would be really great additions to
the repertoire of command-line tools (even if it only read the database,
i.e. installs were disabled).  Just my 2c.
IOW, if it shares the database with setup, it gets my vote.
	Igor
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