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On 09.09.2022 16:11, Keith Christian wrote:
> Is there a recommended general procedure so that users could update
> orphaned packages with a reasonable chance of success?
> E.g., for packages that need compiling, it's download the source,
> extract it, then make and make install.
> Not sure about other packages like Ansible which are written in
> Python, whether there is another method.
> 
> Advice appreciated.
> 
> --------- Keith
> 


start with downloading the cygwin package source and
use cygport to compile/package it

See cygport documentation for some details


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