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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