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Re: RPM installer (was Re: SETUP WIZARD FOR CYGWIN?XFREE86)
>>>>> "Chuck" == Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu> writes:
Chuck> Sounds cool, Dario. How have your db and rpm ports been
Chuck> generated?
Yes, the ports are done. Basically, I took the Project HeavyMoon[1]
patches for db-2/rpm-3 and reworked them slightly. The only thing I
found so far is that find-requires needs to call cygcheck (instead of
ldd), but other than that, it seems to work fine. Post-install and
pre-uninstall scripts work fine.
I had thought about submitting my db-2/rpm-3 ports as contributed
packages, but I didn't know how much interest there would be, given
that both are old versions.
Chuck> Is db built as a dll, or as a static lib ?
Currently db is linked statically, but I suppose that a DLL should
work.
Chuck> BTW, for your purposes perhaps you could pack up your
Chuck> bootstrap environment into a self-extracting zip file ?
Yes, I think that would work fine. I was thinking about looking for
an open-source/GPL solution, but I've not started looking yet. If you
can point me to something, I'd definitely would look at it.
[1] - see http://www10.u-page.so-net.ne.jp/fa2/riue-s/index.html
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Dario Alcocer -- Sr. Software Developer, Helix Digital Inc.
alcocer@helixdigital.com -- http://www.helixdigital.com
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