----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Since Larry didn't touch this, I'll respond. Cygwin packages can be > unpacked/interpreted/understood by a NON cygwin program (setup.exe is a > native windows app). ALL ports of RPM that I have seen require cygwin > -- which means they cannot easily be used to install cygwin itself on a > virgin system. This is a serious drawback. And cannot replace in-use files. AFAIK only my alpha experiment on that is around for the cygwin/rpm/deb world. > Signature validation is a good idea(*) -- Robert, can you add that to > the wishlist? > > (*) I'm thinking more in terms the md5 file verification, not > necessarily maintainer-signature PGP verification... I can't figure out why it's not there already. I could have sworn... Rob -- 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/
