Gerrit schrieb: > Hi Reini,
>>>>>I'd rather run ./autogen.sh style scripts in the conf step. >>> >>> That would give the same patch size (usually it runs also aclocal, >>> libtoolize, autoconf, automake). >> no, do it in the .sh script. That keeps the patch to the bare and >> readable minimum, > I cannot confirm that it reduces the patch sizes. It will always be > huge, even if you use automake-1.8 where the upstream package includes > automak-1.79 generated files. Sorry, my fault, misread your repliy. I already described why I don't do it dynamically. Anyway, what is the problem with the great patches? You can open an editor and search for +++ and you'll see that the interesting files are always Makefile.am & configure.in. Patchfiles are not for reading, though. What you can do is: open the buildscript of any package and add the following to the mkpatch function: -x 'Makefile.am' -x 'configure' \ -x 'ltmain.sh' -x 'aclocal.m4' -x 'config.sub' -x 'missing' and so on, then you'll get a patchfile with only the relevant changes. What about including a function in the g-b-s to create such a small patch in CYGWIN-PATCHES and deliver this minimal patch too? Gerrit -- =^..^=