[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I would like to make a request of Cygwin's package maintainers: please leave the
>generated config.cache file in the source package.
>
> I suggest this to aid in rebuilding from source packages. As it is, those who want
>to rebuild there own binaries have no idea what config options were used in the
>standard cygwin build. The user who wants to rebuild the source with config option A
>may
> be losing the options X, Y and Z used in the original cygwin build.
The preceeding relies on incorrect assumptions, especially in the case
of the packages I maintain. Every source package of mine, includes a
subdirectory "CYGWIN-PATCHES" in which you will find a file called
"packagename-version-release.README". That file contains detailed build
instructions INCLUDING the configuration options I used. In most cases,
that file is also installed in /usr/doc/Cygwin with the binary package.
In any case, others have already correctly pointed out that "recycling"
config.cache between machines is a really bad idea. And that most
packagers do not build in their source directory.
--Chuck
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