[Savannah-register-public] Re: [task #7253] Submission of A Porting tool for making Cygwin Net Releases

[Jari Aalto]

Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> writes:

> Update of task #7253 (project administration):
> The address of the FSF has changed, and is now:
>   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
> Please update your license notices in your READMEs.
>
> Also include a copy of the GNU GPL in your release
> (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude).

Fixed. 

http://cante.net/~jaalto/tmp/tmp/cygbuild-20070829.2248.tar.gz

>> I suppose it could be possible to setup a cross compiling
>> environment in other OS than windows, but I have no
>> knowledge about it.
>
> We don't host programs that run only under MS Woe, even if that's on
> top of Cygwin.

I exlained poorly. From (updated) README:

        The aplication consists of set of programs that use intepreted
        languages. No external windows program or other tools need to be
        compiled. The program dependencies are: 

        o   Bash                    2.04+
        o   Perl                    5.004+
        o   GNU make                any version
        o   GNU binutils            any version
        o   GNU compiler collection any version

        OS requirements:

        o   Cygwin          any version
        o   Standard *nix utils: awk, sed, ls etc.

        It is possible to setup a Cygwin cross compiling
        environment in other OS than Windows, but the author has no
        experince on that setup.

Any standard GNU/*nix compliant system will do if someone has
expertise to setup a cross compiling environment and install the
Cygwin *.dll libraries there.

> Please make sure, now and in the future, that this
> can be run with a 100% free software environment. 

Naturally.

> Does your application work?

The application has been in active use since 2003. (See ChangeLog). To
day, it has been tested to help to port over 100 *nix application to
Cygwin, including X window managers, X programs, standard GNU tools,
and numerous other programs.

Jari

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