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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:42:47 -0800
From: pepper AT netscape DOT com (J Shane Culpepper)
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Believe it or not you don't have to install an rpm using the default paths.  There
is an option called --root which allows you to install the rpm wherever you like.
This option would have to be used anyway since people have cygnus installed
anywhere and everywhere now.  I understand your desire for the lowest common
denominator but a tool like rpm can offer alot of flexibility when used correctly.

-Shane

Earnie Boyd wrote:

> --- J Shane Culpepper <pepper AT netscape DOT com> wrote:
> > I would suggest using rpm.  Its been ported to cygwin and a great tool for
> > modular installation.  Write an installer based on the rpm development libs
> > which can query for available packages much like redhat does.  You could also
> > leverage from  the up2date redhat modules written in perl and python (i
> > believe) for redhat distributions.  Maybe this is too much work but it would
> > be a great distribution scheme.  That way you can always get the latest
> > greatest modules for install.  I'm a proud owner of the official 1.0 CD but
> > I'd love to be able to get certain things updated without having to always
> > build the modules I want.
> >
> > -Shane
>
> You know, I just hate for someone else to decide where the package is supposed
> to go for me.  I much prefer the tarball method with a minimal directory, I.E.,
> bin, man, info, share, etc.
>
> Then if I want to install an update of bash from bash-2.03 to bash-2.04.1 then
> I can:
>
> mkdir /install/bash-2.04.1
> cd /install/bash-2.04.1
> tar -zxvr bash-2.04.1-CygwinInstall.tar.gz
>
> and endup with /install/bash-2.04.1/bin and /install/bash-2.04.1/info
>
> Earnie.
>
> =====
> Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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