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Subject: cygport unconditionally excludes files when producing the source patch file
From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <Dr DOT Volker DOT Zell AT oracle DOT com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:32:58 +0200
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Hi

cygport unconditionally excludes files starting with config* when
diffing to create the source patch file. So the resulting
<package>-<version>-<release>-src.tar.bz2 archiv could be broken for
somebody who wants to recreate a package from source.

This for example happens when trying to port xpdf or xemacs-21.5.27 to
the cygport build framework.

Is it possible to have an option to include the relevant patched files ?

Ciao
  Volker


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