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Re: cygport: Adding arbitrary files to the src package


On May  7 09:42, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On 2012-05-07 05:33, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >assuming I'd like to add some arbitrary files to the source package, so
> >that the -src package looks like this:
> >
> >   foo-3.4.5.tar.bz2
> >   foo-3.4.5-1.cygport
> >   foo-3.4.5-1.cygwin.patch
> >   foo-3.4.5-1.src.patch
> >   arbitrary-file-1
> >   arbitrary-file-2
> >
> >The idea here is that the files are neither part of the sources, nor do
> >I want the files to be part of the patches since they aren't patches.
> >They are just some files which should show up in the source package for
> >some dubious reason of my own.
> 
> If they are not compressed files, you can add them to SRC_URI and
> they will be copied into $S during unpack.  If you need them
> elsewhere, and they are text, copy them into $S after unpacking and
> they should end up in your .src.patch, which you can rename and add
> to PATCH_URI for future use.  (Just include a patch to some existing
> file in order to "anchor" the patch.)

Well, as I wrote in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2012-05/msg00024.html,
the file is generated when calling `cygport compile'.

> As always, if you could specify the actual package and .cygport you
> are trying to build, I may be able to find other solutions.

Attached.  See the FIXME comment.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Project Co-Leader          cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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