Re: Debian on Cygwin

2002-03-20 Thread Lapo Luchini
> package and automatically install the necessary dependencies is run `apt-get It doesn't work automatically, it needs people creating and updating packages. And as setup.exe cannot be avoided (dpkg would be a cygwin package itself and would need an "already installed" system) thereis no big gain

Re: Debian on cygwin

2002-03-19 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:28:52PM -0500, Oleg wrote: >Is Debian packaging system [going to be] availabe as an alternative or >an addition to Setup.exe? No. cgf -- Please do not send me personal email with cygwin questions. Use the resources at http://cygwin.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: htt

Debian on Cygwin

2002-03-19 Thread Oleg
Hi I remember reading that dpkg (of Debian/Linux) has been ported to Cygwin. For those who don't know, on Debian/Linux, all you need to do to install a package and automatically install the necessary dependencies is run `apt-get install $PACKAGE_NAME`, and to keep the system current with patches