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Re: RPM 4 under cygwin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
> No, actually you are wrong -- this is not a demonstration of anything
of
> the sort. Let us suppose that you COULD link cygwin1.dll statically
> (into rpm.exe?). What mount table would be available for that
> cygwin-inside-rpm.exe to use?
As long as no absolute, non /cygdrive/ path access occurs, a static
linked cygwin1.dll would be sufficient for setup.exe. However other
issues still exist and I share your distate of the arrogant manner in
which the question?/statement?/whatever it was was communicated to us.
Rob
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