Hi,

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On 2016-03-08 22:50, David Macek wrote:
> On 13. 7. 2015 17:08, Ray Donnelly wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Adrian Pop <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have some questions about msys2 which maybe some of you can answer:
>>>
>>> 1. how can I bundle msys2 with another software?
>>
>> Bundle it, make an installer if you like, we use our own package of Qt
>> Installer Framework. I've provided a link to this later as it ties in
>> with your subsequent questions.
>
> ... as long as you don't violate license terms of any of the distributed 
> software. The MSYS2 runtime is licensed the same as Cygwin 
> <https://cygwin.com/licensing.html>. GPL-licensed software also mandates you 
> have to provide source code alongside the binaries (or choose some other 
> approved way to distribute the source code).

Our software is open source but as far as I understand
the restriction only applies for programs that are linked
with msys2 dlls and not to any other mingw32/mingw64 libs.

Cheers,
Adrian Pop/

>
>>> 3. can one remove the pacman cache?
>>> can this directory:
>>> msys/var/cache/pacman/pkg
>>> be cleaned out without impacting pacman?
>>
>> Yes. Fine. I'd remove the contents of the directory, but actually if
>> you remove the directory then pacman will probably just recreate it
>> next time.
>
> pacman -Scc is the way to go
>


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