From: kunglao@prairienet.org (Gilligan) Subject: Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19? 8 Sep 1997 20:29:17 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <34148E48.332A2F6E.cygnus.gnu-win32@prairienet.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en] (Win95; I) Original-To: GNU Win 32 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com > 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".