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Re: Any plans on implementing chroot() in b19?

> Just out of interest, why are you wanting to use rpm on a Win32 system
> anyway?  Also, about your chroot() problem, can't you get around this
> problem by using cpio and the rpm2cpio programs combined?
> 
> Davey

Mainly, to have a way of managing packages (the "pm" in rpm :)), making it
easier to install, remove, upgrade, etc packages.
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