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From: Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
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Subject: Re: how to build cygwin using itself
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zooko wrote:

> http://cygwin.com/cvs.html
> 
> Which say to check out "winsup".

That's your problem.  I'm not sure why that page says that, but just
checking out winsup will give you a tree that can't be used to build
anything.

> Could someone give me a hint as to what other steps are necessary to
> build cygwin using itself?

"cvs co cygwin"

Brian

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