I've published several improvements to cygport on Github. Each improvement is in its own branch:
upload Adds the "upload" command: upload finished packages to cygwin.com. fish Creates fish scripts in /etc/profile.d/*.fish. src_prep_fini_hook Adds support for the src_prep_fini_hook() hook function, which runs at the end of prep, after creation of the src directory. This seems to be the only way to copy in complete files to the src directory during prep. src_patch_hook() and src_unpack_hook() don't work for that, because they run before src is created. (You could use them to copy files into origsrc, but then the diff wouldn't appear in the cygwin.patch.) I find this hook essential for copying in extra files such as the CYGWIN-PATCHES directory, including README.Cygwin, during prep, and having them reflected in the cygwin.patch. In .cygport.conf: CYGPORT_USE_UNSTABLE_API=1 src_prep_fini_hook () { cd "${top}" # copy in extra files if [[ -d extras && "$(ls extras)" ]] ; then inform "Copying in extra files" cp -a extras/* "${S}" fi } It's much easier to maintain extra files as files like this and copy them in during prep, than to keep them as patches. Originally proposed years ago by Charles Wilson. Some old discussion is at https://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-10/msg00087.html . all Merges the upload, fish, and src_prep_fini_hook branches. This is the version I use for my regular packaging. Git repository: Web https://github.com/andrex-e-schulman/cygport git clone https://github.com/andrex-e-schulman/cygport.git To try a package with all of the above improvements (for x86 or x86_64): wget http://home.comcast.net/~andrex2/cygwin/cygport-0.17.0-aes1.tar.xz tar -Jx -C/ -f cygport-0.17.0-aes1.tar.xz Andrew