Re: [ITP] e2fsprogs, e2fsimage
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 05:30:58PM -0400, Robb, Sam wrote: Hello, I am interested in packaging and maintaining e2fsprogs for Cygwin. Version 1.35 pretty much builds OOTB. My primary interest in e2fsprogs is not the utilities themselves, but the ext2 libraries that are built as part of the package. These ext2 libraries are a pre-requisite for another package that I would like to contribute, e2fsimage. With the ext2 libs from e2fsprogs-1.35 built and installed, e2fsimage also pretty much builds OOTB, and is able to create a basic ext2 filesystem image based off of a Cygwin directory. I've placed both these packages in the Devel category, because they are primarily intended for use by folks using Cygwin as a host platform for cross-development. If folks would prefer it, I could see about packaging and installing e2fsprgs as two seperate components - e2fslibs, and e2fsprogs, for example. e2fslibs could be packaged now, e2fsprogs in the future (when I actually have a chance to test against a real ext2 partition on a Windows box). +1 for me. I don't see any reason to split the package, though. cgf
Re: [ITP] e2fsprogs, e2fsimage
Robb, Sam wrote: Hello, I am interested in packaging and maintaining e2fsprogs for Cygwin. Version 1.35 pretty much builds OOTB. My primary interest in e2fsprogs is not the utilities themselves, but the ext2 libraries that are built as part of the package. These ext2 libraries are a pre-requisite for another package that I would like to contribute, e2fsimage. With the ext2 libs from e2fsprogs-1.35 built and installed, e2fsimage also pretty much builds OOTB, and is able to create a basic ext2 filesystem image based off of a Cygwin directory. I've placed both these packages in the Devel category, because they are primarily intended for use by folks using Cygwin as a host platform for cross-development. If folks would prefer it, I could see about packaging and installing e2fsprgs as two seperate components - e2fslibs, and e2fsprogs, for example. e2fslibs could be packaged now, e2fsprogs in the future (when I actually have a chance to test against a real ext2 partition on a Windows box). -Samrobb setup.hint for e2fsprogs: category: Devel requires: cygwin sdesc: Ext2 filesystem utilities ldesc: The Ext2 Filesystem Utilities (e2fsprogs) contain all of the standard utilities for creating, fixing, configuring, and debugging ext2 filesystems. setup.hint for e2fsimage: category: Devel requires: cygwin, e2fsprogs sdesc: Utility for creating ext2 filesystem images. ldesc: e2fsimage enables the user to create and populate an ext2 filesystem image as a copy from an existing directory tree. It supports regular files, directories, soft links, hard links, and block/char special devices. +1 vote rlc
Re: [ITP] e2fsprogs, e2fsimage
Robb, Sam wrote: Hello, I am interested in packaging and maintaining e2fsprogs for Cygwin. Version 1.35 pretty much builds OOTB. My primary interest in e2fsprogs is not the utilities themselves, but the ext2 libraries that are built as part of the package. These ext2 libraries are a pre-requisite for another package that I would like to contribute, e2fsimage. With the ext2 libs from e2fsprogs-1.35 built and installed, e2fsimage also pretty much builds OOTB, and is able to create a basic ext2 filesystem image based off of a Cygwin directory. I've placed both these packages in the Devel category, because they are primarily intended for use by folks using Cygwin as a host platform for cross-development. If folks would prefer it, I could see about packaging and installing e2fsprgs as two seperate components - e2fslibs, and e2fsprogs, for example. e2fslibs could be packaged now, e2fsprogs in the future (when I actually have a chance to test against a real ext2 partition on a Windows box). +1, and no need to split the package, IMO. Max.
