From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 117941 invoked by alias); 12 Apr 2017 08:35:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 117905 invoked by uid 89); 12 Apr 2017 08:35:47 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=dodo, H*F:D*ab.ca, Hx-spam-relays-external:shaw.ca, H*r:shaw.ca X-HELO: smtp-out-so.shaw.ca Received: from smtp-out-so.shaw.ca (HELO smtp-out-so.shaw.ca) (64.59.136.137) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 08:35:46 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([174.0.238.184]) by shaw.ca with SMTP id yDkfcycJIsa1kyDkgcUhPS; Wed, 12 Apr 2017 02:35:46 -0600 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=W+NIbVek c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:117 a=WqCeCkldcEjBO3QZneQsCg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=NEAV23lmAAAA:8 a=ebnHT8P7wZgQWvOdSU0A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 Subject: Re: man page of CYGPORT(1) has an old content. should be updated. References: To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Brian Inglis Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Message-ID: Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:27:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfCm/ZkdjNuOs0JAAYwnSmJE5vsd1bPXEPdNS6MXfjf1k8nQiwPDt0ym8Tod5ef/VUzGRmdRV5aGeYodoO5NuCbaXf+T/SrLUUXZKHIqchzfySRBjFQLV MqkuUkVTpHvuWB3fjCQMpFuMwxMgVNLCkhVD7jjJE9N4rAn71W3tdHoqLska0HqNGvx/tHKrIyeJ8A== X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-04/txt/msg00143.txt.bz2 On 2017-04-11 22:25, dodo . wrote: > Hello, > > I report one thing about manpage for cygport. > > Man page CYGPORT(1) seems to show old content about 'all' COMMAND. > According to manpage CYGPORT(1), 'all' COMMMAND means 'run all of > the above, excluding finish.' > However 'download' COMMAND is excepted on actual performing. > Thus, source patching with $(PATCH_URI} does not perform. > > Latest README of cygport describes correct information. > https://github.com/cygwinports/cygport/blob/master/README > According to it, fetch(download) COMMAND is not included in 'all'. > > I think manpage CYGPORT(1) should be updated. > > Currently I am using Cygwin as follows. > > $ uname -a > CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW turtle0 2.8.0(0.309/5/3) 2017-04-01 20:42 i686 Cygwin > > $ cygport --version > cygport 0.24.0 > ... Also available in /usr/share/doc/cygport/README, and the full manual from by launching or running: $ cygstart /usr/share/doc/cygport/html/manual/index.html but those, usage, and manpage all omit some options, commands and alternatives, and do not state the preconditions necessary for commands to work, nor that steps already completed are skipped if the command is almostall|all. >From the current source, supported options are: --help|-h|-? --version|-v --debug|-d --32|-4 --64|-8 and commands are: downloadall|fetchall|wgetall|getall download|fetch|wget|get prep|unpack compile|build|make check|test inst* postinst* list dep* info* homepage|web*|www* package|pkg diff|mkdiff|mkpatch upload|up announce clean|finish almostall|all help version -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple