This is the mail archive of the cygwin-apps@cygwin.com mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

[ITP] e2fsprogs, e2fsimage


Hello,

  I am interested in packaging and maintaining e2fsprogs for
Cygwin.  Version 1.35 pretty much builds OOTB.  My primary
interest in e2fsprogs is not the utilities themselves, but
the ext2 libraries that are built as part of the package.

  These ext2 libraries are a pre-requisite for another package
that I would like to contribute, e2fsimage.  With the ext2 libs
from e2fsprogs-1.35 built and installed, e2fsimage also pretty
much builds OOTB, and is able to create a basic ext2 filesystem
image based off of a Cygwin directory.

  I've placed both these packages in the "Devel" category,
because they are primarily intended for use by folks using
Cygwin as a host platform for cross-development.

  If folks would prefer it, I could see about packaging and
installing e2fsprgs as two seperate components - e2fslibs, and
e2fsprogs, for example.  e2fslibs could be packaged now,
e2fsprogs in the future (when I actually have a chance to test
against a "real" ext2 partition on a Windows box).

-Samrobb

setup.hint for e2fsprogs:

category: Devel
requires: cygwin
sdesc: "Ext2 filesystem utilities"
ldesc: "The Ext2 Filesystem Utilities (e2fsprogs) contain all of the standard
        utilities for creating, fixing, configuring, and debugging ext2
        filesystems."

setup.hint for e2fsimage:

category: Devel
requires: cygwin, e2fsprogs
sdesc: "Utility for creating ext2 filesystem images."
ldesc: "e2fsimage enables the user to create and populate an ext2 filesystem image
        as a copy from an existing directory tree. It supports regular files,
        directories, soft links, hard links, and block/char special devices."


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]