rpm-4.1 successful compile on Cygwin

[Charles Wilson]

Max Bowsher wrote:

> I'm not quite sure rpm really is desirable for the Cygwin dist, unless it
> was decided to transition to rpm packages exclusively once setup was
> suitably adapted.

Well, there are grand designs eventually to generalize setup so that it 
can accept tar.bz2 (or .cyg?) packages, as well as linking to (a windows 
native version of...) librpm and libdeb to provide rpm and deb support. 
  There are, of course, MAJOR difficulties with this, which have yet to 
be addressed (like keeping the setup installed.db, rpm's db, and deb's 
"db" all in sync.  Bringing setup's native dependency-resolution logic 
up to the level provided by deb and to a lesser extent rpm. 
Commandline/scripting support. etc etc)

But, rpm has been around for years on cygwin without the sky falling.  I 
  used it back when I provided perl-for-cygwin, as a means of keeping 
track of binary dists of perl modules.  I'm sure there are other, 
similiarly limited uses that won't cause armageddon.

Besides, dpkg is available as an approved cygwin package, and it hasn't 
caused WWIII. (Of course, it also hasn't prompted the porting of the 
rest of the debian toolset, much to Robert's chagrin).

> It's mainly a toy for me, to learn about rpm, whilst not having to reboot
> into Linux.

fair enough.

--Chuck



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