From: Lemures Lemniscati <lemures.lemniscati@gmail.com>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH cygport] Update xorg.cygclass URLs
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:20:07 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201209212005.1F90.50F79699@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eek0w1ig.fsf@Rainer.invalid>
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On Tue, 08 Dec 2020 20:17:43 +0100, Achim Gratz
> Lemures Lemniscati via Cygwin-apps writes:
> > Since it seems that 'Prefix' is different from 'Portage',
> > I'm not sure that it's ok to replace only the citation.
>
> I think Prefix builds on Portage or rather is an extension on it, but
> Michael Haubenwallner should be able to tell you more if you are
> interested. So if Prefix does work on Cygwin, Portage certainly should
> as well. Portage is the package manager of Gentoo and Gentoo builds
> everything you install from source, on the system you are currently on.
> AFAUI, Prefix additionally makes it possible to build into a foreign
> installation and/or hosted by something other than Gentoo. So runnning
> Prefix on Cygwin will enable you to use Portage packages on Cygwin, but
> they will be built locally like on Gentoo by default.
>
>
> Regards,
> Achim.
Thank you.
And this is a propsal for modification of README in cygport:
* Drop a URL to HOWTO Gentoo on Cygwin
* Add some comments and a URL to Gentoo Prefix on Cygwin
Regards,
Lem
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 3f5bf02..a166579 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -86,8 +86,11 @@ because:
4) Most importantly, setup.exe provides a GUI which makes installation
easier for the uninitiated.
-(It should be noted that there have been renewed attempts to run Portage
-on Cygwin[3], and this was even recently ITP'd and rejected[4].)
+(It should be noted that, there were renewed attempts to run Portage
+on Cygwin, and this was ITP'd and rejected[3] in 2006. And, the project
+"Gentoo on Cygwin", which contains Portage, is unmaintained as of 2008.
+But, there is another project "Gentoo Prefix on Cygwin", as of 2020.
+It's a try to run well-maintained "Gentoo Prefix" sources on Cygwin[4].)
2. CONCEPT
@@ -245,6 +248,6 @@ Discussion on cygport should occur on the Cygwin-apps list
[1] https://www.cygwin.com/
[2] https://cygwin.com/setup.html#package_contents
-[3] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_on_Cygwin (no longer available)
-[4] https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin-apps/2006-03/msg00000.html
+[3] https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin-apps/2006-03/msg00000.html
+[4] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Prefix/Cygwin
[5] https://cygwin.com/git-cygwin-packages/
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From eab185698853529c2debc0dd6ee8f27cef33f89d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lemures Lemniscati <lemures.lemniscati@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 21:03:28 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Modify README: Add some comments about Gentoo
Drop a URL to HOWTO Gentoo on Cygwin
Add some comments and a URL to Gentoo Prefix on Cygwin
diff --git a/README b/README
index 3f5bf02..a166579 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -86,8 +86,11 @@ because:
4) Most importantly, setup.exe provides a GUI which makes installation
easier for the uninitiated.
-(It should be noted that there have been renewed attempts to run Portage
-on Cygwin[3], and this was even recently ITP'd and rejected[4].)
+(It should be noted that, there were renewed attempts to run Portage
+on Cygwin, and this was ITP'd and rejected[3] in 2006. And, the project
+"Gentoo on Cygwin", which contains Portage, is unmaintained as of 2008.
+But, there is another project "Gentoo Prefix on Cygwin", as of 2020.
+It's a try to run well-maintained "Gentoo Prefix" sources on Cygwin[4].)
2. CONCEPT
@@ -245,6 +248,6 @@ Discussion on cygport should occur on the Cygwin-apps list
[1] https://www.cygwin.com/
[2] https://cygwin.com/setup.html#package_contents
-[3] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_on_Cygwin (no longer available)
-[4] https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin-apps/2006-03/msg00000.html
+[3] https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin-apps/2006-03/msg00000.html
+[4] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Prefix/Cygwin
[5] https://cygwin.com/git-cygwin-packages/
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-09 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-01 15:47 Jon Turney
2020-12-02 18:38 ` Yaakov Selkowitz
2020-12-07 13:52 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2020-12-07 19:31 ` Achim Gratz
2020-12-08 9:30 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2020-12-08 13:51 ` ASSI
2020-12-08 15:29 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2020-12-08 19:17 ` Achim Gratz
2020-12-09 12:20 ` Lemures Lemniscati [this message]
2020-12-09 12:10 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2020-12-09 22:02 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2020-12-10 13:28 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2020-12-12 3:45 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2020-12-12 12:17 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2021-01-05 14:06 ` Achim Gratz
2021-04-05 22:27 ` [PATCH cygport] Update xorg.cygclass URLs [GOLDSTAR] Yaakov Selkowitz
2021-04-08 23:26 ` Andrew Schulman
2021-04-09 12:52 ` Lemures Lemniscati
2021-04-09 14:03 ` Andrew Schulman
2021-04-09 15:41 ` Lemures Lemniscati
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