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Re: Parallel downloading of Cygwin packages


Christopher Faylor wrote:
On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 02:25:03PM +1100, Chris Cormie wrote:
There are barriers to implementing rpm in Cygwin, the most frequently
mentioned being the fact that a cygwin process can't easily replace
cygwin1.dll or any other running executables.
If the in-Cygwin package manager can't update core Cygwin, that's not a deal breaker IMO: there is a fair bit of useful app package management that can be done without changing the core.

Maybe it's not clear but your personal needs are not really the issue here.

Huh? Why would you think that? I have my own solution for this issue. Personal needs never entered into it.


Regards,
Chris.


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