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On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 02:25:03PM +1100, Chris Cormie wrote:If the in-Cygwin package manager can't update core Cygwin, that's not a deal breaker IMO: there is a fair bit of useful app package management that can be done without changing the core.There are barriers to implementing rpm in Cygwin, the most frequently mentioned being the fact that a cygwin process can't easily replace cygwin1.dll or any other running executables.
Maybe it's not clear but your personal needs are not really the issue here.
Regards, Chris.
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