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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 02:12:37 +0300
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru>
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To: thoni56 <thomas AT junovagen DOT se>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: How can I try a newly build package locally?
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Greetings, thoni56!

> I'm a maintainer of a program that I'd might like to propose for inclusion in
> the Cygwin distribution.

> We use CMake so there is a packager available, and it's easy to create a
> .bz2 package.

> Once I've created the package, how can I try it locally? In Linux this can
> easily be done with dpkg, but is there a way to use the Cygwin package
> installer so that it picks up a local package?

> I've read [the package contribution documentation][1] and related pages but
> can't find an answer.

Just setup local repository (either HTTP or plain directory) and try
installing your pkg.
The directory layout is rather simple and easy to reproduce.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 02:11:05

Sorry for my terrible english...


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