Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-11 Thread Max Bowsher
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Linda Walsh wrote: Eric Blake wrote: I have cygwin install but I can not find the implementation of Unix 'at' command. Because no one has ported an open source version of it to cygwin yet. Some packages might be more easily ported if RPM's

Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Max Bowsher wrote I've entertained fantasies of making integrating dpkg into setup.exe, and making Cygwin packages be in .deb format I'll certainly love .deb packages, surely apt support. Cygwin is command-line, so it would be nice to ssh remotely in a machine, run apt-get update apt-get

Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-11 Thread Igor Peshansky
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Linda Walsh wrote: Eric Blake wrote: I have cygwin install but I can not find the implementation of Unix 'at' command. Because no one has ported an open source version of it to cygwin yet. Some packages might be more easily ported if RPM's became a

Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-11 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 06:38:49PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Max Bowsher wrote I've entertained fantasies of making integrating dpkg into setup.exe, and making Cygwin packages be in .deb format I'll certainly love .deb packages, surely apt support. Cygwin is command-line, so it would be

Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-11 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 02:04:11PM -0400, Igor Peshansky wrote: Technically, nothing prevents you from shipping a Cygwin package (which is just a .tar.bz2) that contains only the Cygwin binary RPM and the postinstall script that invokes rpm to unpack that binary RPM (as long as that package also

Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Christopher Faylor wrote That's precisely why people think about integrating something like rpm or deb into the packaging system. May be someone has found the right way: cyg-apt. It is in an early stage, does not handle 'in-use' file substitution, but for simple update-upgrade, it works. I'm

Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-11 Thread Richard Foulk
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RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-10 Thread Linda Walsh
Eric Blake wrote: I have cygwin install but I can not find the implementation of Unix 'at' command. Because no one has ported an open source version of it to cygwin yet. Some packages might be more easily ported if RPM's became a common way to package cygwin packages. Much of

Re: RPM's (was Re: unix 'at' command implementation)

2006-06-10 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Linda Walsh wrote: Eric Blake wrote: I have cygwin install but I can not find the implementation of Unix 'at' command. Because no one has ported an open source version of it to cygwin yet. Some packages might be more easily ported if RPM's became a common way to package cygwin