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From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Does "cygport <cygport-file> install" actually install a compiled package?
Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 07:21:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87woj9iaoj.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0F7D3B1B3C4B894D824F5B822E3E5A178FD5FA02@IRSMSX102.ger.corp.intel.com>	(Michael Soegtrop's message of "Thu, 2 May 2019 06:33:46 +0000")

Soegtrop, Michael writes:
> thanks for the explanation! I found the temporary install folder. For
> my case it should work to simply copy the temp-install folder contents
> to my root. The post install scripts did already run since I have the
> package installed and don't need to be rerun.

That depends on many things, but in many cases that really isn't
sufficient.

> It would be useful to have such a local install feature for easy
> testing of patches to packages upfront.

The only supported installation method is via a local (addon) repository
containing your package archive files and setup.exe.


Regards,
Achim.
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      reply	other threads:[~2019-05-02  7:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-01 21:43 Soegtrop, Michael
2019-05-01 22:36 ` Adam Dinwoodie
2019-05-02  6:33   ` Soegtrop, Michael
2019-05-02  7:21     ` Achim Gratz [this message]

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