--- "Charles S. Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Stephen C. Biggs" wrote:
> >
> > This is a real shame, if there is no way to override the bogus
> > hostname, because, with my port for RPM 4.0, cygwin users can
> > rebuild and use almost all of the nifty Linux tools that redhat has.
>
> I hate to burst your bubble, but cygwin is not linux. The only packages
> for which your statement is true, are those that have already been
> ported to work with cygwin, or you get lucky (see below). It just ain't
> as simple as:
>
I would like to also add that discussions of RPM is OT for this list.
Cheers,
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Earnie Boyd
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