On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 19:20, James Michael DuPont wrote: > Thanks for the great work on the dpkg porting, it is much further than > I had thought. > > Here is an idea : What do you think about using dpkg to create cygwin > packages? Like modify the output of dpkg to create a cygwin compatible > installer package. That way you only have one control file, and that, > plus the rules contains all the information needed anyway?
As long as what is generated follows the cygwin policy, that is fine. It's better to add a new archive type to setup.exe though, IMO. Mind you, as I'm the setup.exe maintainer, I would say that :}. Rob
