stow 2.4.1+5.40-2 is now available in Cygwin. This is a Cygwin-only update that adds a dependency on perl, instead of just perl_base. If you only had perl_base installed and not also perl, you got a perl compilation error when you tried to run stow. Thanks to Jack S. for reporting the problem[1].
stow manages the installation of local software packages by creating sets of symlinks from the installed location (e.g. /usr/local) to a stow directory (e.g. /usr/local/stow/emacs) where the real files live. This allows you to keep packages separate, while making them appear to be installed in the same place. Andrew E. Schulman [1] https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2025-February/257321.html -- *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** The easiest way to unsubscribe is to visit <https://cygwin.com/mailman/options/cygwin-announce>, and click 'Unsubscribe'. If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: <https://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe>.
