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Re: xfree packages
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com, cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 01:34:47 -0400
- Subject: Re: xfree packages
- References: <3CB3C24E.9060803@znark.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 09:40:46PM -0700, Ian Burrell wrote:
>I finished making some xfree packages. They are distributed binary
>archives repackaged as cygwin packages. I made a package directory that
>can be used with setup.exe from a local directory and over the network.
>
>I changed my mind about the division of the packages I proposed. I got
>rid of the multiple doc and fonts packages cause I was having trouble
>with the naming and directories. Plus, I assumed the people would want
>to install them together. The packages are now:
>
>xfree-base
>xfree-devel
>xfree-docs
>xfree-fonts
>xfree-xfs
>xfree-xnest
>xfree-xvfb
>xfree-xprt
>
>I don't have a machine that people can easily download the full files
>from. I can post the setup.* files and scripts I used to build the packages.
Yes, please post the setup.hint files that you used.
I think that these files should be called XFree86-base (or just
XFree86), etc. The project is the Cygwin/XFree86 project and I
think the package names should reflect that.
cgf