Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: want tool to open RPM package on Window 95 | | From | *@spam.ruud.org (Ruud de Rooij) | | Date | Thu, 12 Oct 2000 19:14:17 +0200 |
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On 2000/10/12, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > > > I can think of a number of uses for such a tool. For example, to read > > the documentation of a package before installing it on a different > > (Linux-based) system; or to unpack a source-rpm in order to build it > > with Cygwin. > > Bad idea. Most RPM'S contain specific RH patches, most of them being path > fixes. Get the tar.gz in that case.
Some software may only (easily) be available in src-rpm format. I might just want to build one of the binaries in it by hand. I might just want to read the docs. I might ...
The point is not what I might or might not want; the point is that there are valid uses for RPM on Windows.
> Second, there is no way to actually build on a Windows machine, so I don't > see the use of it.
There's no reason why RPM might not be ported to Cygwin.
> > > Second, I'm glad there isn't. Saves tons of bugus bug reports. > > Ever opened a UNIX textfile in Notepad, which is the default editor in > most windows versions ?
How does this relate to the current discussion?
> > Bug reports for whom? > > The RPM maintainer.
By "RPM maintainer" do you mean maintainer of the .rpm package or maintainer of the RPM package management tool?
I don't even use RPM myself; I use Debian. But every now and then I'm forced to use a Windows machine and sometimes do find it very convenient to be able to unpack Debian packages.
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