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diff --git a/packages/Win32/cygwin/README b/packages/Win32/cygwin/README index 72fb5f463..4ef06e1fe 100644 --- a/packages/Win32/cygwin/README +++ b/packages/Win32/cygwin/README @@ -1,19 +1,20 @@ -Curl is a tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting - FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. - Curl supports HTTPS certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, kerberos, - HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, - file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks. +Curl is a tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, + HTTP, HTTPS, GOPHER, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. Curl supports HTTPS + certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, kerberos, HTTP form based + upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication, file transfer resume, + http proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks. See /usr/doc/curl-<version>/FEATURES for more info. cURL (as of 7.9.1) builds 100% cleanly OOTB. The Cygwin specific source files (README and a Makefile for building binary tarballs) are not in a CYGWIN-PATCHES directory. - They are at: <srctop>/packages/Win32/cygwin/ +They are at: <srctop>/packages/Win32/cygwin/ Direct Dependencies: - OpenSSL 0.9.6b (cURL can be built without SSL support: configure --without-ssl) + OpenSSL 0.9.6b + (*) cURL can be built without SSL support: ./configure --without-ssl Canonical Homepage: @@ -41,16 +42,16 @@ Build Instructions: Packaging Instructions: - To create a new binary tarball for cygwin's setup.exe, you must first do a clean - build (see above). The 'make install' step is optional of course. Then do: + To create a new binary tarball for cygwin's setup.exe, the first step is to + do a clean build (./configure and make). The 'make install' step is optional. + Then do: $ cd curl-<ver>-X - $ CYGBUILD=X make cygwinbin + $ make cygwinbin CYGBUILD=X where "X" is the cygwin release number (e.g. the "-1" in curl-7.9.3-1). - I had some difficulty figuring out how to default CYGBUILD to "1", this may - get fixed in a future release. - + If you leave off "CYGBUILD=X", X defaults to 1. + Assuming everything worked properly, you'll find your cygwin binary tarball in the curl-<ver>-X/packages/Win32/cygwin/ directory. |