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Re: RPM's require to much knowledge of setup to port easily


On 06/12/2006, Linda Walsh wrote:
>> I still don't get all the reasons behind forcing everyone into a
>> new format. Is it just a power trip or what?
>> >
> Actually, the "new" (i.e., five+ year old) format was imposed on us by
> the Trilateral Commission. ---
Ah, but you avoided answering the question. Why did the cygwin
project go with another package format? It can't be because
rpm doesn't run natively under Win -- since when installing
system for the first time, a non-rpm setup & install process
is used. "Rpm" is used after the basic packages are loaded.

Ah, the lack of a Windows RPM port was *exactly* the reason setup.exe was created. The simplest way to port RPM was to use Cygwin, which then leads to a chicken/egg problem. In all honesty though, if you really would like to know the details of the decision- making process that made the install process what it is today, you can find it all in the cygwin-apps email archives. You'll have to go back quite a ways to find it's beginnings though.

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