Re: Parallel downloading of Cygwin packages

[Chris Cormie <cjcormie at gmail dot com>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 01:28:34PM +1100, Chris Cormie wrote:
> > Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > > I'd like the installer to use a more intuitive UI, be more capable of
> > > running from the command line, and be able to handle RPMs.
> > http://code.google.com/p/cyg-apt/
> > (Command line installer project.)
> >
> > Doesn't handle RPMs, only Cygwin packages. Does have a apt-get style 
> > interface. I'm thinking RPM support is a bit beside the point?
>
> Nope.  A real package manager would be very nice.

Ah, so you aren't a user expecting other distros RPMs to "just work" 
with Cygwin, there are specific package management functions in a 
RPM-like system you want? Or do you think Cygwin would benefit from 
using a standard package format for ported packages over the custom 
format we currently use?

> > A binary RPM from a different distro won't work, packages usually need
> > porting to
> >  Cygwin -- that's all part of the Cygwin package system.
> >
> > If you only need to install specific packages, setup.exe has you covered:
> > $./setup-1.7.exe -q -P joe
>
> I'm very well aware of setup's capabilities.  I am one of the authors
> after all.

Hi, nice to meet you. I was mentioning setup's CLI because I just 
mentioned cyg-apt and didn't want to give the maillist the impression 
setup had no CLI.

Cheers,
Chris.


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