Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-apps-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 23:27:04 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygapp Subject: Re: patches to vendor source trees - discussion Message-ID: <20011105232704.L17306@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygapp References: <3BE4D4A7 DOT 2070900 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <20011104104732 DOT X17306 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <1004867892 DOT 5388 DOT 54 DOT camel AT lifelesswks> <3BE702C3 DOT 5010008 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> <20011105230511 DOT J17306 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de> <3BE70EAC DOT 6000805 AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3BE70EAC.6000805@ece.gatech.edu>; from cwilson@ece.gatech.edu on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 05:11:56PM -0500 On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 05:11:56PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 04:21:07PM -0500, Charles Wilson wrote: > > > >>My proposal (revised) > >> Use the standard RPM tree (SOURCES, BUILD, SPEC, RPMS, SRPMS) > >> -src is a tarball which contains > >> SOURCES/foo-VER-REL-orig.tar.bz2 > >> SOURCES/foo-VER-REL.diff (creates the cgywin README) > >> SOURCES/foo-VER-REL-X.diff (if necessary) > >> SPECS/foo-VER-REL.* > >> .spec or .sh or .rule or whatever. > >> setup unpacks this into /usr/src/cygwin. > >> the end. Nothing else is specified yet. > >> > > > > Your proposal has a disadvantage: The src package isn't > > compatible to the current packaging scheme. > > > > ==> All packages have to be repacked. A clear no-no, IMO. > > > No, it IS compatible -- since you unpack the -src tarball at the > "usr/src/cygwin/ level, OLD style src tarballs will create this: > > /usr/src/cygwin/foo-VER/* > > NEW style src tarballs will create this: > > /usr/src/cygwin/SOURCES/foo-VER-orig.tar.bz2 > etc. Hmm, sounds ok. > Granted, *ideally* you'd unpack new -src tarballs at the /usr/src/cygwin/ > level, and you'd unpack old -src tarballs at the /usr/src/ level, but I > don't think my way is too terrible... No. Repacking would be terrible. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc.