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Re: Minimum Install for Executable Distrubution
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Charles Krug" <charles at pentek dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:54:10 -0000
- Subject: Re: Minimum Install for Executable Distrubution
- References: <20030224223818.GO14960@pentek.com>
Charles Krug wrote:
> Cygwinners:
>
> We've built the gcc/as/ld toolset as a cross compiler to the Altavec
> PowerPC. We've been using it internally for a couple of weeks.
>
> Those of us with full developer Cygwin installations can run the
> program with no problems.
>
> We'd like to be able to distribute a minimal package to everyone here
> who needs the cross compile capability.
>
> Our first attempts seem to get confused about the correct paths to the
> executables.
>
> This is our first venture into distributing executables to people who
> haven't downloaded the entire package. What do we need to do to give
> people in the package?
>
> My thought based on the symptoms I've seen is that the gcc tools,
> being UNIX-centric will require at least a minimal official Cygwin
> setup, otherwise it won't grok the mount points.
>
> A coworker believes, "There MUST be a way to build it so that that's
> not necessary,"
You could attempt to build a MinGW-hosted Altavec-cross toolchain.
> To which I reply, "Perhaps, but would it be worth the trouble?"
Quite possibly not.
> I BELIEVE the correct course of action would be to do a default Cygwin
> install and then distribute our cross development toolset. Would
> there be any problems doing it that way? Most important (to me), is
> there a Cygwin tool for assembling the correct packages?
cygwin.com, follow "Contributing - Cygwin Packages" for info on package
building.
Max.
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