Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <01e001c158df$e8a78ad0$019810ac@D4LHBR01> From: "Michael F. March" To: "Churchill, Dan \(MN65\)" Cc: References: Subject: Re: PLEASE! Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:51:59 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 I used to sign the "down with setup.exe" tune too. However, it has proven to be great tool and makes upgrading to new versions a SNAP.. > I think you'll be begging for a long time. Search the archives for exactly > why this isn't feasible/worth the effort, but the gist of it is more or less > that if you don't have cygwin already installed, how can you use RPM ported > to Cygwin to install it. The Cygwin installer has to deal with things that > RPM has no concept of, e.g. the Windows registry. > > The installer works well enough if you make the effort to learn how to use > it. And even if it didn't, you don't need to insult the work that people > have *donated* to this open source project. If you don't like it, volunteer > to help work on it, or don't use it. If you want RPM ported to Cygwin, feel > free to go ahead and do it... > > -Dan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eric Lemings [mailto:eric.b.lemings@lmco.com] > > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 3:40 PM > > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > > Subject: PLEASE! > > > > > > Dump that crappy installer and port RPM to Cygwin! > > > > I beg you! > > > > Thanks, > > Eric. > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/