"Dave Korn" <dave.korn-RQamRl9Jd2/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 20 February 2006 21:44, Jari Aalto wrote: >> which you can install like any other Cygwin Net Release with: >> >> tar -C / -jxvf gt5-1.3-1.tar.bz2 > > Yeh, OK, I get all that. What I didn't get is that other source packages, > based on g-b-s /are/ for installing live, whereas source packages based on > cygbuild don't appear to have that ability and I was expecting to find it in > there somewhere without going through the indirect stage of tarring and > untarring an installation. (And manually running any postinstall script, I > assume?). GBS-based packages you can run the make install step directly into > your live cygwin installation; cygbuild-based ones you can't, am I right? I don't believe g-b-s "install" command does it any differently. The whole idea of Cygwin Net Source Packages (here at cygwin-apps) is not to install live, but to install files into a separate directory -- which in turn -- is converted into an installable *.tzr.bz2 packages (as above). Though, I haven't checked in a long time, would anyone comment better? Jari
