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FW: RPM and /// bug


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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	馮 徳民 
> Sent:	Monday, March 30, 1998 2:07 PM
> To:	'Edward Avis'; 'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'
> Subject:	RE: RPM and /// bug
> 
> See
> http://www.wenet.net/‾garbanzo/gnuwin32/rpm/
> It also compiled well under b19.
> You also need zlib-1.0.4.
> 
> However,
> I failed using rpm to recompile a package like:
> 
> bash-2.01$ rpm --rebuild ../zlib-1.0.4-2.rpm
> Installing ../zlib-1.0.4-2.src.rpm
> cannot write to ///usr/local/src/redhat/SOURCES
> 
> There is a bug referring '///'. See follows:
> 
> bash-2.01$ ls ///usr
> X11R6.3  local    src
> bash-2.01$ ls ///usr/local
> ls: ///usr/local: No such device or address
> 
> Comments and help wanted.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Edward Avis [SMTP:EPA@datcon.co.uk]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 24, 1998 7:43 PM
> To:	'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'
> Subject:	RPM
> 
> IMHO, a version of RPM for Cygwin32 would be very useful, especially
> as 
> more and more programs are now being ported, and a larger number of 
> relatively "non-techie" users (like myself!) are using the product.
> It 
> would certainly help in creating a Cygwin32 "distribution" and in
> upgrading 
> from one beta to the next.
> 
> I did see a readme on some FTP server which claimed to have an RPM
> port, 
> but it seemed to have disappeared.  Anyone know where it went?
> 
> --
> Ed Avis
> epa@datcon.co.uk
> http://members.tripod.com/‾mave/index.html
> 
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