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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:41:20 -0500
To:	"Edward S. Peschko" <esp5 AT pge DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: cyclical dependencies in setup.ini?
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At 04:01 PM 2/10/2004, Edward S. Peschko you wrote:
>> > well, I need to know which ones to *build* first, and which order
>> > to build them.. Like I said I want to do it with as few deps as possible,
>> > if possible just g++ and make, and shell.
>> 
>> I believe I mentioned this before, but anyway...  Most maintainers put the
>> build requirements in the Cygwin-specific READMEs in their packages.
>
>what you said was that it was based inside 'configure', ie: if you run configure
>that configure would tell you what you need. READMEs are much better.


No, I mentioned about the configure approach.  Igor's right that this 
information is typically stored in the READMEs.  It was a thinko on my 
part that I didn't mention this as well.  No matter but I just didn't 
want you attributing some less helpful information coming from me to Igor.


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