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Re: Cygwin - Versioned Distro's (was Re: A request?)


> Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> >>>using the cutting-edge in Cygwin then they'll just use the
> >>>net release. Could also be the birth of CPM, too.
> >>
> >>Control Program/Monitor?
> >
> >
> > Cygwin Package Manager...
>
> If I might lob a grenade into the frey,
> how about using Connectiva's port of apt to support the
> rpm format?  That'd be able to handle LSB packages.
> And yes, I'd like to see Cygwin become LSB compliant.
> 'Course, we'd need to write a subprofile of LSB for
> systems that use the PE executable format.
> (/me ducks)

LOL!

In theory it could be a good thing. But it would be a hell of lot of work,
some poor sole would have to write the spec, and if I understand the LSB
standard correctly you can't (or shouldn't) just have a one-way
relationship. Plus there's already some confusion about Cygwin being linux
on-top-of windows.

Elfyn


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