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Re: CD-based distribution (was Another website....)
- To: Robert Read <rread at datarithm dot com>, Geoffrey Noer <noer at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: CD-based distribution (was Another website....)
- From: Larry Hall <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 14:00:52 -0400
- Cc: Marcus Brown <Brown at sw dot mke dot etn dot com>, Robert dot Cross at scottish-newcastle dot co dot uk, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <19980813075556.C12323@cygnus.com>
At 02:48 PM 8/13/98 -0700, Robert Read wrote:
>
>That is a good point; it does make sense for the install process to be
>windows aware because, after all, this is windows software. A
>product like that might also help developers building stand alone
>applications with cygwin to distribute them easier. Does anyone know if
>it would be difficult to extend rpm with windows specific features like
>registry settings?
>
>robert
>
Its been a while since I looked at rpm but my recollection is that it
allows you to include pre and/or post install scripts to do "whatever".
If at all possible, I think that any windows specific actions that need
to happen on the install should be a script run by rpm to do the registry
stuff, etc. This way, one would create Cygwin32-specific packages that
know how to install themselves under Cygwin32 and Windows but rpm doesn't
have to know anything specific about Windows or Cygwin32 (or HP-UX, Sun
Solaris, etc. for that matter...)
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053
8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX
Wellesley, MA 02482-7797 http://www.rfk.com
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