On 2010/04/13 2:14 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: > On 2010-04-13 14:51, > d.sastre.medina-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote:
[snip] >> I have been trying to figure out the right way to rebuild this package >> from the upstream sources, but I come across this particularities: >> >> -the upstream sources are already distributed in *.run format, >> meaning they are packaged using makeself. > > That is a bit tricky, but almost always is there another way to get the > sources. In this case you can just get them from the git repo. I see no need to get tricky here. You can just download the official sources .run file, and unpack it by running it. The default bash environment of a base Cygwin install should be capable of running it. The file unpacks itself into a directory named 'makeself-2.1.5' whose contents can then be massaged into a suitable directory tree. [snip] > cygport isn't mandatory, but it is strongly recommended (although I am > biased :-)). I heartily agree with this recommendation, and I am not nearly so biased. -SM --