Parallel downloading of Cygwin packages

Ralph Hempel rhempel@bmts.com
Sat Oct 31 03:01:00 GMT 2009


Chris Cormie wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:

>> I'd like the installer to use a more intuitive UI, be more capable of
>> running from the command line, and be able to handle RPMs.
> http://code.google.com/p/cyg-apt/
> (Command line installer project.)
>> Doesn't handle RPMs, only Cygwin packages. Does have a apt-get style 
> interface. I'm thinking RPM support is a bit beside the point? A binary 
> RPM from a different distro won't work, packages usually need porting to 
> Cygwin -- that's all part of the Cygwin package system.

Chris Cormie, meet Christopher Faylor - Master of the understated
ironic wisecrack.
Ralph
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