On Nov  4 12:45, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 01:39:25PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Oct 31 12:34, Mikhail Usenko wrote:
> >> Thanks for the comment. I've forgotten to test the script on 32-bit Windows.
> >> Now it uses a bash-specific variable to determine the CPU type and should work OK.
> >> 
> >> Also after some time of using I've completely rewritten it having added new
> >> functionality and renamed it to 'cygcheck-dep'.
> >> 
> >> setup.hint:
> >> -----------
> >> category: Utils
> >> requires: bash coreutils sed wget bzip2
> >> sdesc: "Show information on dependencies for installed Cygwin packages"
> >> -----------
> >
> >Neat.  I toyed a bit with your script and I like it.  This could
> >come in handy to isolate installation problems.  I uploaded the
> >package.  Please send an announcement along the lines of the
> >existing announcements to the cygwin-announce list.
> 
> This needs to be in cygwin-pkg-maint

Did so while uploading.

> and we'll need information as per:
> https://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/package-upload.html .
> 
> Also, FWIW, this package didn't really go through the vetting process of
> getting the required number of votes.  I don't object to it going in but
> I don't think we want to get into the habit of short circuiting
> published procedures without at least acknowledging that we are doing
> so for a reason.

Well, it's just a small helper script and it looked useful enough, but
you're right, of course.


Corinna

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