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On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 19:11, Eckehardt Luhm wrote: > > Re: Can't install rpm-packages > > From: Dario Alcocer <alcocer@helixdigital.com> > > Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 07:18:09 -0700 > > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > > > > > > On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 03:56:55PM +0200, Eckehardt Luhm wrote: > > > >> Greetings! > >> > >> When trying to install an rpm (I tried a lot!), I get the following > >> error: > > > > [snip error message] > > > > It looks like the rpm file you downloaded is corrupted. > > Oh wow... shame on me, a typical case of RTFM. I found the problem. The > path from which I tried to install the rpm's was mounted in textmode. > Mounted in binary I can install rpm's without any trouble. I wasn't > aware that rpm isn't able to distinguish between binaryfiles and textfiles. Thats a bug in the RPM package, not a bug in your expectations ;]. Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt>.
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