Re: [jorg.schaible@db.com: Setup and zlib, libpng]

["Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>]

Chris -
  Those are patches necessary to rebuild from source. They should not be
downloaded by setup.exe at all, but should be available in the same
place the source is. Alternatively, the -src.tar.gz packages could be
(a) customized; that is, already have the patch applied, or (b) contain
the patch as well, as a separate file in the unpacked <SRCDIR>. 

cf this email from DJ:
>> 3) needs work: [snip]

> What I do is upload the original source tar.gz, and a separate
> patch.gz file for any changes I make.  Then, when the next release
> comes out, you start by trying to apply the patch again and go from
> there.  Otherwise, the answer for (2) applies.

--Chuck


Chris Faylor wrote:
> 
> This showed up in the cygwin mailing list.
> 
> Since the setup.exe program does not currently handle -patch.tar.gz files,
> I have removed them.
> 
> I'm not entirely sure what was supposed to happen with these files but
> if they are necessary then a new version of setup.exe is required.
> 
> cgf
> 
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> From: jorg.schaible@db.com
> To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: Setup and zlib, libpng
> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:24:38 +0000
> 
> Hello,
> 
> the internet setup will also download the *-patch.tar.gz files for these new packages. The files are extracted to /. This seems not intended ??
> 
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