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RE: setup package format v. rpm, reasoning?
- From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g dot r dot vansickle at worldnet dot att dot net>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:38:21 -0600
- Subject: RE: setup package format v. rpm, reasoning?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:36 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: setup package format v. rpm, reasoning?
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 04:36:29PM -0800, Linda W wrote:
> >I can imagine during the early development of cygwin, the
> rpm package
> >types were rather "unsupportable" -- especially on a "first
> install",
> >since no unix shell or coreutils are available.
> >
> >However, after the basic support is installed, what was the
> reasoning
> >for keeping packages in YAPM (YetAnotherPackageManager).
> >
> >It seems even a bit more surprising considering Cygwin's early roots
> >coming from a RedHat...
>
> Cygwin's early roots did not come from Red Hat. They came
> from Cygnus. That's what the "Cyg" stands for.
And here all along I thought it had something to do with cigarettes.
;-)
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Gary R. Van Sickle
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