Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > On 2010-04-28 19:10, Norton Allen wrote: > >> I've been thinking about setup, given the recent discussion on the >> cygwin list about handling dependencies, and I was wondering: What >> exactly is the setup limitation that makes the recipe for cygwinports >> installation so complicated? >> > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.cygwin.ports.general/736 > > Thanks, that's very clear. I'm wondering, though, while you seem optimistic about eliminating the overlaps, the circumstances surrounding a number of those seem likely to arise again and again with different packages as maintainers come and go.
Do you think this could be addressed with some sort of setup configuration option ala yum? Something that would say "don't use package X from this repository, use the one in this other one instead."? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
