From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23347 invoked by alias); 23 Oct 2013 18:46:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 23332 invoked by uid 89); 23 Oct 2013 18:46:13 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:46:13 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id CF97F520138; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:46:10 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:46:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Testing ping for cygwin x86_64 Message-ID: <20131023184610.GA2378@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com References: <20131017185430.GB23477@calimero.vinschen.de> <20131023075856.GA4712@calimero.vinschen.de> <20131023174205.GA1619@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jRHKVT23PllUwdXP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131023174205.GA1619@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2013-10/txt/msg00200.txt.bz2 --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 1705 On Oct 23 13:42, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 09:58:56AM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >On Oct 22 22:49, Balaji wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >> > On Oct 17 10:17, Balaji wrote: > >> [...] > >> >> This being my first attempt at trying to possibly maintain a Cygwin > >> >> package, I want make sure I'm doing the right thing. One odd thing = is > >> >> that all of the source code and Makefile are in the patch file. Als= o, > >> >> am I free to convert the package to cygport/ditch the shell script > >> >> etc. - I understand all that may typically be the maintainer's choi= ce? > >> >> Advance thanks for any advice from you seasoned veterans. > >> > > >> > Porting a package to cygport is highly appreciated, no worries. And= of > >> > course you are free to pack it in a cleaner fashion than the existing > >> > package. > >>=20 > >> One other question - I remember there was some discussion about noarch > >> packages a while ago. Are there any rules for/against making something > >> a noarch package. And the associated pros/cons - both from a > >> maintainer and user perspective? > > > >Noarch packages are fine, but the packaging mechanism doesn't support > >them the same way as in Linux distros. They still have to show up > >twice, once in the 32 and once in the 64 bit release area. >=20 > i.e., just like Linux distros do. Well, kind of. OpenSuSE provides subdirectories i586/i686, x86_64, and noarch for packages which are target-independent, which is neat. Corinna --=20 Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-length: 836 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSaBlyAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gGL0QAIV5C/SEOZBf24wVQkw9tRAS Ugxx5cS6fPV3S3fxRiz9lzt+wo25n4WbIqQSUHRKFNZ2cxNkFzG2+F7GTGkjLoVa RL31gIBD5xYxcyVFI6THBOx1BBVQ68ggM28QrfglAngIN9r8IfQWKRSmhTxjyQxn QpkoDNfAiCqBvXcltebN6OkrRG1FgPddEOq2y24zo7tQ+FeZqhixHiCsRWbD9FM4 PMWzxXYb0mhgR+4bqa/oG/424ogzmNfD0+NncGZJexGQD3TzhGgSmvX/+W0qmLRm dwMCOlD7azIeeAIjNkaFccA4qo/DAyATALzn9u2X8eb6r8uC5eO8Ws77jnBArbwd L5h/gf4zSUzHWpGrQHd269EG0uSTFxzSljy4Fmv2N8qhrwTMJeyThaw0RgDogJWc eh5bXO332QfMCCGwoJuv1HZTFZxkxA9z3I3qeYqFgUJyZze/WCm1NJKAU+xc+pgP 5nYg6Y75l5qACOzS99o0PacFx+FEH1r7Vtd82iftFxjPREqUorSpNT65auyUwWTS af+MjO6mrKzFBW6PcoSTFRervp4LV5Rg+bcFN+I3HHIo+EW2rAcwNZIlET2PgmJo Xl0zousPzWI4Y01WOzy+ULt3sGNN5nTZE+T89tpBw8pwm6s3sYrT2HSUtVcL7vzg 46zLUHPC9DC1ugSoLFx8 =JR4a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP--