Re: Usage of dpkg under cygwin
--- Robert Collins <robert.collins@syncretize.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 19:20, James Michael DuPont wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the great work on the dpkg porting, it is much further
> than
> > I had thought.
> >
> > Here is an idea : What do you think about using dpkg to create
> cygwin
> > packages? Like modify the output of dpkg to create a cygwin
> compatible
> > installer package. That way you only have one control file, and
> that,
> > plus the rules contains all the information needed anyway?
>
> As long as what is generated follows the cygwin policy, that is fine.
> It's better to add a new archive type to setup.exe though, IMO. Mind
> you, as I'm the setup.exe maintainer, I would say that :}.
Even better. I guess you had planned that somehow anyway.
To be honest, I have not really read the exact instructions on
cywin packages. But the hint files could be created out of the control
file somehow I think.
Regards,
mike
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James Michael DuPont
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