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Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:
> I'm wondering, though, couldn't the cygport script contain something
> like this to give warning that the so-and-so devel packages are required
> before building?  Does cygport support this already, perhaps, and I just
> missed it?

Yes it can check for prerequisites and either warn or throw an error, but
you have to put that test into the cygport file by hand.


Regards,
Achim.


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