> Cygport is rather similar to emerge/ebuild already. You might find it > worthwhile to give it a look. >
I am aware of this. I want come to a solution, that builds me from sources on any of Windows, Mac and Linux. One to rule them all. I did only find Gentoo Prefix to be able to do this. > If all you need is a way to install existing Cygwin packages from the > command line, you can do that quite well with setup.exe. It has many > command line options which help automate the installation process. I hoped so. Probably I will have to use that exessivly to set up the basics. > > If you want to build a replacement anyway, you should probably delve > into why nothing like what you want exists already. This issue comes up > repeatedly on this list, so you should be able to find much in the list > archives. I found a project called Gentoo on Cygwin. It was abandoned in 2008. http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Gentoo_on_Cygwin The Gentoo Prefix approach is a little different. It is not a first level, but a second level software manager, completely in the userspace. It sits on it's own prefix as the name tells. It is simply a folder that I can put into any POSIX environment. There is no need to replace all of Cygwin. It is a living project that already works on Mac, Unix and Informix. The missing link is Cygwin. I have documented the current achievements http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Prefix/ Al -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
