X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46566B88.5AF84360@dessent.net> Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 21:52:24 -0700 From: Brian Dessent X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: make-3.81 update? References: <46565CBE DOT 7020401 AT qualcomm DOT com> <20070525041200 DOT GA14393 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <46566982 DOT 7000006 AT qualcomm DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Rob Walker wrote: > My situation is this: I cannot advocate an off-the-rack Cygwin > installation for my team or my customers. My current choices are: > > 1. supply an in-house compiled Cygwin version of make-3.81 (without > cygwin1.dll, of course) that has the patch, with installation > instructions and caveats > 2. supply an old Cygwin make-3.80 (with similar instructions and > /more/ caveats) > 3. tell my customers and team to "figure it out" > > Is the CVS version with its bugs worse (calls for some subjectivity) > than the current Cygwin make-3.81-1? Are the bugs new since 3.81-1? > Can Cygwin take *just* the "colon in paths" patch? 4. Package whatever version of make you desire in the Cygwin package format with a package version number that's numerically higher than what's on the official mirrors, put it on a server somewhere, create a setup.ini for it, and have your customers add that URL as as an additional installation mirror in setup.exe in addition to whatever normal mirror they use. 5. Provide a simple script that automatically fetches and installs the updated files (we're talking about a single 150KB executable here, how hard is this?) and fudges the /etc/setup/installed.db so that it will not be accidently uninstalled/overwritten by future runs of setup. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/