Creating an installation package

Brandon Chase brandon.chase26@yahoo.com
Wed Oct 13 16:30:00 GMT 2010


> 
>  I'm trying to create an installation package for an update
> m68k toolchain (will 
> 
> not be uploaded to the Cygwin server). I have the tars of
> binutils, newlib, and 
> gcc as well as some patches. What is the best way to create
> an installation 
> package for these three? I've looked on http://www.cygwin.com but it seems like 
>
> I may only need a setup.ini file to install the packages.
> What is the best way 
> to start? 
> 
------------Marco Atzeri writes:--------------------------
>>setup.exe use setup.ini to recognize the several packages
>>available on site
>>see http://www.cygwin.com/setup.html
>>
>>setup.ini is built by genini from the available setup.hint's
>>for every package.
>>
>>http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/genini/?cvsroot=cygwin-apps
>>
>>When you have everything in place you can use
>>
>>setup.exe -X  -O -s http://your_site_name
>>
>>to install the package from your site.
>>
>>Regards
>>Marco


Is there any way to do it without creating a server (i.e. apache) to run CVS on? 
This package will not be widely distributed


Thanks


      

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