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Re: experimental texmf packages
Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
>
> Ok thanks for the pointer. Is there a script to do the packaging?
yep -- each script contains a script (in some package schemes -- #3, I
think -- you have to apply the patch FIRST, and then the script is
created in <srcdir>/CYGWIN-PATCHES/ or something).
>>pop quiz: what are the current configure flags used to build gcc?
>>Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? (no, Chris, you're not allowed to answer..)
>>
>
> That's easy:
>
> What do I win?
No, no, no. Not "What flags does Jan use" but "What flags WERE used to
build the official cygwin gcc package". (Hint: only cgf knows for sure)
> Ok. Although my scripts have run a bit out of hand, my autobuilds run
> rather well now. They will only get simpler when packages are
> packaged more cleanly.
Mine too.
> Ok. So you're still aiming for a lot less ambitious target. This
> just means that I'll have to hack up some scripts to do cross
> building, as none of them will support it.
Yep -- you'll have to edit the line where it says "host=i686-pc-cygwin"
and change it to something appropriate.
> Anyway, documentation in
> the form of a script is a very good start, I guess.
>
> Ok, I didn't know that. Feb 1999 I sent this mail:
>
> http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1999-02/msg00822.html
...
> Sure, but it was skipped over when I announced it, ie b20 was current,
> too.
Ah, but back in b20 days we didn't HAVE package-based distribution.
Everything was all in one "full.exe" 21MB download. There was no way for
a non-core developer to add something like "rpm" to the distro back then
-- it just wasn't possible. A lot of things have changed in 3 years.
--Chuck
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