X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s= default; b=AL6Vyv/8mviUbjaVbSdNe7xXC2anfylYWFRbei4qupZCSobMIISSr MGFZM9iFNfUO0XbBJv7laOq7N9xd9+ExpdmIM3WFMh/g0k2woMEC1+F3sF2lwM9M Oph9hAMy5qwZ8kto51aKGVW1J8IokxDItErTIF4+GbuH9eooocwwQE= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=kfG2GlglnJh8ZUBaxpMcv5pRccs=; b=XXScGWXtWAqdFVvmiAokFcDgp9Z8 9k4wz46+BE7MWpAqDjR4VOQlHrD3+yV2FjSHT1MNHDQ6DBi2VjYvPMZd6RBcyuxR KNqzSsSVTp5sRvSGoo4xE845eBv1TLI5RNlj1+dtv93vDtzxrSYcKMmrEG59rHjx 2ceeWwmlmelfxPs= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=3.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FSL_HELO_NON_FQDN_1,HELO_LOCALHOST,RCVD_IN_PBL,RCVD_IN_RP_RNBL,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse AT dyndns DOT com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX19fe+8yinmA5gEUGpjwu43F Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:09:41 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygport-0.14.0-1 Message-ID: <20130913000941.GB3494@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <52320C36 DOT 30105 AT etr-usa DOT com> <52321FCF DOT 6080801 AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <52321FCF.6080801@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 03:10:55PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >On 2013-09-12 13:47, Warren Young wrote: >> On 9/11/2013 18:26, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: >>> the Fedora Cygwin repository. >> >> That's the first I've heard of its existence. (It was apparently first >> announced on Cygwin/X, which I don't subscribe to.) > >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-03/msg00375.html > >> Is there a getting started HOWTO somewhere? > >Install the fedora-cygwin-release-*.rpm (or >cygwin-release-*.el6.noarch.rpm for RHEL/CentOS 6.x) from >, then you can >use yum or the PackageKit GUIs to install cygport plus any cygwin*-* >libraries that you need for your packages. > >> I assume the primary advantage to using it is faster package compiles? > >Yes, plus convenience for those who primarily develop on Linux, but the >trade-off is that not everything can be easily cross-compiled, if at >all. It's not perfect, but some people find it useful (e.g. the >official Cygwin DLL releases are built with this toolchain). > >>> * Creates .tar.xz packages (adds a runtime dep on xz). >> >> The shipping version of setup.exe supports this now? > >setup*.exe has supported xz for some time; it was upset (the script >which generates the setup*.ini files) which was lacking xz support until >this week. i.e., http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2013-09/msg00012.html One thing I meant to mention there is that there will no longer be default "Misc" package creation when a package doesn't have a category. cgf -- 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