> The information is in the setup.ini file. Eventually all info will be moved > to setup.hints. > > >Is this the responsibility of the package maintainers? > > Yes. If they feel like doing so.
If I create them, would you incorporate them? > >How is the central setup.ini generated? > > With a perl script. Fascinating. Is it in the CVS? It's not jumping out at me. > >How could one roll their own? > > By writing a program. That much I've figured out, but I appreciate these helpful suggestions. The missing part was how to generate setup.ini without all the setup.hints. I knew that you had to do it somehow, but I can't find it in the CVS. So, should I chop up your setup.ini and give it back to you as setup.hints (or just use locally)? or is your current solution better and shareable? Thanks, Mike Adler -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/