Hello Jon, > (These can be installed into /usr/src/ using the setup tool, by > selecting "src?" checkbox after locating the appropriate package and > version)
Oh, I completely missed this possibility. I also missed the possibility to download the source package from a Cygwin packages mirror, such as https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/cygwin/x86_64/release/ . I was focused on the links that can be reached from the https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/<package>.html and https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/<package>-src.html including the "packaging repository:" link. Apologies. > For the exactly reasons you lay out, it is absolutely mandatory that > those packages exist, are accurate and be provided along with the > install package. That's great. Sorry that I got a wrong impression. > I would very much like to evolve it into a system > which reduces the scope for maintainer error and where the sources used > to build a package are more transparently and easily located. Maybe in the per-version table in https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/<package>-src.html, next to the hyperlink "list of files", add another column "Download source", with a hyperlink to <mirror>/x86_64/release/<package>/*-src.tar.{xz,zst}. ? Bruno -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
