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diff --git a/packages/Win32/cygwin/README b/packages/Win32/cygwin/README deleted file mode 100644 index 9a61341de..000000000 --- a/packages/Win32/cygwin/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,114 +0,0 @@ -Curl is a tool for transferring files with URL syntax, supporting - FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, 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. - - -Dependencies: - - Cygwin - - OpenSSL 0.9.6b-2+ (*) - - (*) curl can be built without SSL support, see below for details - - -Canonical Homepage and Downloads: - https://curl.haxx.se/ - https://curl.haxx.se/download.html - - -Cygwin specific source files (a .README template and a Makefile - for building binary tarballs) are maintained in the upstream - CVS at: <srctop>/packages/Win32/cygwin/ - - -Build Instructions (to recompile from the cygwin source tarball): - ---STANDARD (with SSL) RELEASE--- - Download the source (either the official release or the cygwin version), - unpack it (done for you if using setup.exe), then: - - $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man # (*) - $ make - $ make test # optional - $ make install # (**) - - (*) The Cygwin project now (as of sometime in 2003) prefers man pages - within /usr/share/man, as opposed to the default /usr/man. - - (**) LibTool 1.4.2 had a bug related to cygwin's use of ".exe" extensions, - such that "make install" blew up at curl.exe. See this URL for details: - https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libtool/2001-09/msg00101.html - The copy of ltmain.sh that is distributed with curl includes this patch. - - As of curl 7.9.1, the official source compiles (under Cygwin) and tests - 100% cleanly OOTB (Out Of The Box) - - ---NO SSL RELEASE--- - Same as standard, except for the configure step, which changes to: - - $ ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --without-ssl - - NOTE: the standard release is what is available via Cygwin's setup.exe; - the no-ssl release is only available from the curl website - - -Packaging Instructions: - ---BINARY--- - Compile cleanly as described above, then: - - $ make cygwinbin CYGBUILD=n - - where n is the cygwin release number (e.g. the "1" in curl-7.9-1), - and "CYGBUILD=n" is optional (n defaults to 1 if not specified) - - Assuming everything worked, you'll find your binary tarballs in - $(buildtop)/packages/Win32/cygwin/ - - ---SOURCE--- - 1. download & unpack the pristine source - 2. rename the source dir to add the "-$(REL)" suffix, e.g.: - $ mv curl-7.9 curl-7.9-1 - 3. unpack the pristine source once more, so you'll end up - with 2 directories: "curl-7.9" and "curl-7.9-1" in this example - 3. add a CYGWIN-PATCHES directory, and add this readme to it - $ cd curl-7.9-1; mkdir CYGWIN-PATCHES - $ cp packages/Win32/cygwin/README CYGWIN-PATCHES/curl-7.9-1.README - 4. if applicable, document any changes in the README file - 5. create a patch which, when applied - (using `patch -p1 < curl-7.9-$(REL).patch`) - will remove any changes you've made to the pristine source: - $ cd .. - $ diff -Nrup curl-7.9-1 curl-7.9 > curl-7.9-1.patch - and then move it into the CYGWIN-PATCHES directory - $ mv curl-7.9-1.patch curl-7.9-1/CYGWIN-PATCHES - 6. pack the new source dir into a tar.bz2 file: - $ tar cfj curl-7.9-1-src.tar.bz2 curl-7.9-1 - - ---SETUP.HINT--- - @ curl - sdesc: "a client that groks URLs" - ldesc: "Curl is a tool for transferring files with URL syntax, - supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, 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." - category: Web Libs - requires: cygwin openssl - - @ curl-devel - sdesc: "(lib)curl headers, static libraries, developer docs and samples" - ldesc: "curl-devel is the developer-oriented (non-run-time) parts - of the curl package. It includes header files, static libraries, - example source code snippets, and the libcurl man pages." - category: Web Libs Devel - requires: cygwin openssl curl - - -Cygwin port maintained by: - Kevin Roth <kproth @ users . sourceforge . net> - Questions about curl should be directed to curl-users@cool.haxx.se. - Questions about this cygwin package go to cygwin@cygwin.com. |