> >> > Hello all, I'm new to this and I successfully build a package with > >> > cygport. My problem is that, I would like to install it in order to > >> > test if the package was successfully built. Is there anyway to do > >> > that? > >> > >> https://cygwin.com/package-server.html > > > > I usually take the simpler approach of just unpacking the package archive > > into the root filesystem: > > > > tar -C/ -Jxf $package-$version.tar.xz > > > > This doesn't run pre-remove or post-install scripts, but it puts the files > > in place so you can test them. > > @Andrew: Is there a way to run the scripts manually?
Sure, you can run them manually. They're unpacked into /etc/preremove/$package.sh and /etc/postinstall/$package.sh. For the preremove script, I guess you should run it before unpacking the archive. You can find it in the package build directory in inst/etc/preremove. I'm quite lazy and don't bother doing this, but if the preremove or postinstall scripts are doing something important, you should do it. Andrew -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
