X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4C624441.6040002@qualcomm.com> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:33:37 -0700 From: Rob Walker User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100711 Thunderbird/3.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Update on status of make-3.82 release for cygwin References: <4C61B2F5 DOT 2040409 AT qualcomm DOT com> <20100810202148 DOT GA27734 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <4C61BEEF DOT 1020301 AT qualcomm DOT com> <20100811053841 DOT GB32531 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> In-Reply-To: <20100811053841.GB32531@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 On 8/10/2010 10:38 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 02:04:47PM -0700, Rob Walker wrote: > >> On 8/10/2010 1:21 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 01:13:41PM -0700, Rob Walker wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Cygwin, make-3.82 supports DOS paths by default. I'm curious about >>>> what work might be involved in re-enabling the --ms-dos option, and I'd >>>> like to help, if I can. >>>> >>>> I built my Cygwin make-3.82 packages directly from the upstream release >>>> tarball using the attached script. >>>> >>>> >>> I don't need help. I've been building make for years so I obviously >>> don't need your script. >>> >> Sorry for the confusion: I was not offering my script as "hey look, >> here's how you do it", I was more saying "I did it this way, but maybe >> that's too simple. What else is involved, and can I help with that?" >> > Once again: Don't need help. > > If you are thinking about maintaining a cygwin package then watch what > is being discussed in cygwin-apps I am thinking about maintaining a Cygwin package. I have re-subscribed to cygwin-apps to try to get de-noobed. > and read the "Cygwin Packages" link on > the Cygwin web site. I've read that page pretty closely. The result was my construction and offer of make-3.81-4 Cygwin packages to address the lack of support for colons in paths, and later, make-3.82 Cygwin packages. > If you have a general question about cygwin > packages then ask it. > My general question was: "What requirements does a package maintainer need to consider, what tests must pass, etc. when constructing a Cygwin package from an upstream release?" The answer (which I am paraphrasing from Larry Hall's response on the matter) seems to be basically: "Whatever the package maintainer thinks is right." -Rob -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple