I'll just throw this out there to see if it's more burger than bun. This came to mind when I read the "libpcre setup.hint is BROKEN" thread: Would it be possible for upset or something to automatically generate the setup.hint/setup.ini dependencies, or at least check them? Seems to me that, since cygcheck will output a list of required DLLs, that a little bit of perl could:
1. Generate a DLL->Package map for all packages in Setup (this already exists). 2. Get a list of DLLs required by all EXEs/DLLs in a package using cygcheck. 3. Look up the DLL names in the DLL->Package map. 4. Generate or check the "requires" line of said package. 5. Lather, rinse, repeat for each package. Of course there may be more dependencies than just EXEs->DLLs, but I'd assume this is the major one, and it would at the very least be a partial solution to dependency problems (it would have prevented the libpcre problem anyway). It's early in the morning (they added a 9:30 in the morning now, lousy government) and I'm thinking even less clearly than normal; I'm just asking if it's possible and/or makes any sense, so please no "PTC"s, I'm well aware of the drill. -- Gary R. Van Sickle Brewer. Patriot.
