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From: jturney@sourceware.org To: cygwin-apps-cvs@sourceware.org Subject: [cygwin-apps htdocs - The cygwin-apps website files] branch master, updated. ce626d0b87fa14c76b7dd339b53f127002c35b9f Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 18:23:00 -0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20160511182328.55500.qmail@sourceware.org> (raw) https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=cygwin-apps/apps-htdocs.git;h=ce626d0b87fa14c76b7dd339b53f127002c35b9f commit ce626d0b87fa14c76b7dd339b53f127002c35b9f Author: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Wed May 11 18:20:25 2016 +0000 Update for noarch Diff: --- package-upload.html | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/package-upload.html b/package-upload.html index 0226562..f7058a4 100644 --- a/package-upload.html +++ b/package-upload.html @@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ packages, the easiest way to upload your finished packages is just to run:<p> directory on cygwin.com will look like this:</p> <pre> - Your Name # Directory is currently your full name (you won't actually see this) - !packages # read-only file containing valid packages - x86 x86_64 # arch-specific dir - release release # release dir - pkg # package directory - pkg-debuginfo # package subdirectories + Your Name # directory is currently your full name (you won't actually see this) + !packages # read-only file containing package names you are permitted to upload + x86 x86_64 noarch # arch directory + release release release # release directory + pkg # package directory + pkg-debuginfo # package subdirectories </pre> <h4>Example using <a href="http://lftp.yar.ru/">lftp</a> to upload packages:</h4> @@ -164,9 +164,10 @@ than this file in or under the given directory should be processed. The intent is that you create <tt>!ready</tt> when you have finished uploading everything that you plan on uploading.</p> -<p><b>Note: <tt>!ready</tt> files need to be created at least once for each -architecture that is uploaded</b>, i.e., in each of the <tt>x86</tt> and -<tt>x86_64</tt> directories or in the package directories themselves.</p> +<p><b>Note: <tt>!ready</tt> files should not be created in the root of your +upload directory</b>, i.e. they should be in the architecture +directories <tt>x86</tt>, <tt>x86_64</tt> and <tt>noarch</tt> or in the package +directories themselves.</p> <p><tt>calm</tt> will periodically scan the upload directories for packages that are ready, and, if there are no errors, move the packages @@ -184,13 +185,18 @@ uploaded. This file must be in the root of your upload directory.</p> <h2><a name="deleting">Removing files from the Cygwin distribution</a></h2> -To cause files to be removed from the distribution, upload an empty file with the name of the file that you want deleted, prefixed with a "<tt>-</tt>". +Removing files is not normally needed, as old versions which aren't referenced +by <tt>setup.ini</tt>, and are thus are no longer installable, will be removed +periodically. + +However, if you do need to remove a file from the distribution, upload an empty +file with the name of the file that you want deleted, prefixed with a +"<tt>-</tt>". <p>For example, if you want to delete the file <tt>foo-1.2-1.tar.xz</tt> then upload an empty file named:<pre> -foo-1.2-1.tar.xz</pre></p> <p>Note that files are not actually deleted; they are moved to a vault where they will be removed after some indeterminate amount of time.</p> -<p>This technique should work with directories but some confusion may arise if you delete a directory, recreate it, and attempt to remove it again. This scenario has not been tested.</p> <h2><a name="FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</h2> <h3><a name="stalled">Q) Why aren't my files being transferred to the release area? I've waited
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