Re: gnu-patch source, cygwin maintainer patches don't apply cleanly

2025-04-29 Thread Brian Inglis via Cygwin
On 2025-04-29 11:07, Soren via Cygwin wrote: I read up some on cygport a while ago. My impression is that it makes packaging apps in conformance with the standards of cygwin easier. I don't remember clearly, but it didn't seem like a necessity for building packages for local use. My recollection

Re: gnu-patch source, cygwin maintainer patches don't apply cleanly

2025-04-29 Thread Soren via Cygwin
Greetings to you, Andrey! Thank you for your interest in my message. I hope my answer won't sound defensive to readers. I read up some on cygport a while ago. My impression is that it makes packaging apps in conformance with the standards of cygwin easier. I don't remember clearly, but it didn't

Re: gnu-patch source, cygwin maintainer patches don't apply cleanly

2025-04-29 Thread Andrey Repin via Cygwin
Greetings, Soren! I can't help, but I'll ask a question I'm sure will be raised by other people. > I spent last night and some of today working on building the gnu-patch > utility from the source code downloaded using setup. I desired to do this > in order to learn more about the general procedur