At 08:54 AM 12/19/2001, Jean-Michel POURE wrote: >Dear all, > >I am new to Cygwin and would like to know if someone is porting RPM 4 to >Cygwin. There are two reasons for this question: > >1) PHP library and application installer >I am developping a PHP library installer based on RPM. Presently, if no RPM >solution is available under Cygwin, my installer will only work under Linux.
There have been ports of RPM 3 previously reported to this list. See the email archives or perhaps the port web page for more information. I don't recall seeing anyone reportedly working on RPM 4. >2) Cygwin packages >Could someone explain me what are the benefits of Cygwin packages over RPM. >Do Cygwin packages test dependencies and validate signatures? When a stable >version of KDE 2 is running under Cygwin, will you be able to maintain all >needed dependencies? setup.exe recently added the ability to track dependencies between packages, though dependencies on certain versions of other packages is still to come. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- 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/
