Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: Minimum Install for Executable Distrubution Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:22:18 +0100 Lines: 46 Message-ID: <1fayt2te3v7q6.dlg@thorstenkampe.de> References: <20030224223818.GO14960@pentek.com> <166csci6pzgip.dlg@thorstenkampe.de> <002501c2dc5f$90131a10$78d96f83@pomello> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.3.1 * Max Bowsher (03-02-24 23:50 +0100) > Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> * Charles Krug (03-02-24 23:38 +0100) >>> We've built the gcc/as/ld toolset as a cross compiler to the Altavec >>> PowerPC. We've been using it internally for a couple of weeks. >>> >>> Those of us with full developer Cygwin installations can run the >>> program with no problems. >>> >>> We'd like to be able to distribute a minimal package to everyone here >>> who needs the cross compile capability. >>> [Detailed stuff] >>> I BELIEVE the correct course of action would be to do a default >>> Cygwin install >> >> Not "default", but "Base". > > Since "default" is "Base", there's little point in distinguishing. If I remember correctly, there are quite a few packages in the default install that don't belong to the Base category. The Base packages might depend on those, so I may be wrong. >>> and then distribute our cross development toolset. Would there be >>> any problems doing it that way? >> >> Did you try? >> >>> Most important (to me), is there a Cygwin tool for assembling the >>> correct packages? >> >> Yes, "setup.exe". > > No, he said assembling, not installing. > Info on this is available under "Contributing - Cygwin Packages" on > cygwin.com You do not have to install via "setup.exe". You can just download the packages and their dependencies so you might call this "assembling". Thorsten -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental Advisory) Content-Transfer-Warning: message contains innuendos not suited for children under the age of 18 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/