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From: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
Cc: Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Cygwin: FAQ: Mention configure options to build with reduced dependencies
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 17:30:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221214173040.8431-2-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221214173040.8431-1-jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>

---
 winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
index 632d1a173..a24b781cf 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
@@ -679,14 +679,21 @@ rewriting the runtime library in question from specs...
 installed; you at least need <literal>gcc-g++</literal>,
 <literal>make</literal>, <literal>automake</literal>,
 <literal>autoconf</literal>, <literal>git</literal>, <literal>perl</literal>,
+<literal>cocom</literal> and <literal>patch</literal>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+Additionally, building the <code>dumper</code> utility requires
 <literal>gettext-devel</literal>, <literal>libiconv-devel</literal>
-<literal>zlib-devel</literal>, <literal>cocom</literal> and <literal>patch</literal>.
+<literal>zlib-devel</literal>.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-Building for 64-bit Cygwin also requires
-<literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++</literal> and
-<literal>mingw64-x86_64-zlib</literal>.
+Building those Cygwin utilities which are not themselves Cygwin programs
+(e.g. <code>cygcheck</code> and <code>strace</code>) also requires
+<literal>mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++</literal> and <literal>mingw64-x86_64-zlib</literal>.
+Building these programs can be disabled with the <literal>--without-cross-bootstrap</literal>
+option to <literal>configure</literal>.
 </para>
 
 <!-- If you want to run the tests, <literal>dejagnu</literal> is also required. -->
-- 
2.39.0


  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-14 17:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-14 17:30 [PATCH 0/2] Improvements in configure options for reducing dependencies Jon Turney
2022-12-14 17:30 ` Jon Turney [this message]
2022-12-14 17:30 ` [PATCH 2/2] Cygwin: configure: Add option to disable building 'dumper' Jon Turney
2022-12-14 18:48 ` [PATCH 0/2] Improvements in configure options for reducing dependencies Corinna Vinschen

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