From: John Haugabook <johnhaugab...@gmail.com> Adding a paragraph that breaks down the build in two steps; installing the required packages, and the install itself. Includes an estimate of the total install time, as I got varying times for install to complete using Windows 10, 11 on both a sandbox environment and on PC's as is.
This is to make people who have installed the binaries of cygwin, which takes under 5 minutes, aware that this install will take significantly longer, and making them aware that the install will fail if required packages are not installed. Signed-off-by: John Haugabook <johnhaugab...@gmail.com> --- winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml index b9269187c..fa3f097a9 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml @@ -675,6 +675,13 @@ rewriting the runtime library in question from specs... <question><para>How do I build Cygwin on my own?</para></question> <answer> +<para> +There are two processes. One download the required packages. +Two installation. Note that the entire process may take anywhere +from 30 minutes to over an hour, so be sure to download all +required packages before beginning the installation. +</para> + <para>First, you need to make sure you have the necessary build tools installed; you at least need <literal>autoconf</literal>, <literal>automake</literal>, <literal>cocom</literal>, -- 2.49.0.windows.1
