On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 01:19:29PM +0200, Lapo Luchini wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I received a couple of upgrade requests, and I discovered a full nest of > bees: while the package dates 1999 there are lots of patches available. > > IMHO the best thing would be to base next cygwin package on RedHat's > SRPM, that contains most (or all) of them. > > What do you think of it? > Any pointer on how to build a Cygwin package based on a SRPM?
I don't think it's a good idea to base Cygwin's package on an SRPM. Unpack the SRPM (just rpm -i) and use the contained tar and patch files for the Cygwin distro. Let us not require rpm for unpacking the -src package as long as setup.exe is not rpm aware. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc.
