On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Drew Holland wrote: > I am encountering a strange error when I try and install rpm's on my system > using Cgywin.
Cygwin doesn't use rpm to manage its installed software; it uses setup.exe. The rpm utilities are available on Cygwin (as they are on other non-RPM-based systems: Ubuntu, Solaris, etc.), but that doesn't automatically give you an rpm database for the Cygwin installation itself that is correct and complete. If you're trying to create a package for Cygwin so your software can be installed without compilation by the end user, then it's probably a better idea to create a setup.exe-compatible one (see http://cygwin.com/setup.html for how to do that). -- Mark J. Reed <markjr...@gmail.com> -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
