https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=8ea825c3d7d85dd50a84e016ab9a2403a09d378f
commit 8ea825c3d7d85dd50a84e016ab9a2403a09d378f
Author: John Haugabook <johnhaugab...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jun 30 17:32:03 2025 -0400
Commit: Corinna Vinschen <cori...@vinschen.de>
CommitDate: Wed Jul 2 14:37:25 2025 +0200
cygwin: faq-programming-6.21 ready-made download commands
Running setup-x86_64.exe and performing an individual search for each
package,
is a pain in the neck. And the user running "setup-x86_64.exe -q -P
packageName"
may have a typo and the package would not be installed.
So by copying and pasting these commands into the terminal setup-x86_64.exe
runs
a preliminary search, so when they reach the "Select Packages" window these
packages
will be amongst the packages ready to be downloaded. Additionally sorting
them makes it
easier to go down the list, and make sure all packages are listed.
Putting separate commands allows the user to pick which packages to
download in the
case they want to run config, where those packages are not needed i.e.
--without-cross-bootstrap.
Signed-off-by: John Haugabook <johnhaugab...@gmail.com>
Diff:
---
winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
index 2ac6d0d8a8cd..c77a1f769c8d 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml
@@ -710,6 +710,18 @@ packages. Building the documentation can be disabled with
the
<literal>--disable-doc</literal> option to <literal>configure</literal>.
</para>
+<para>
+Below are ready-made commands to download the required
+packages. When you reach the <emphasis>Select Packages</emphasis> screen,
+these packages should be amongst the search results.
+</para>
+<screen>
+$ setup-x86_64.exe -P
autoconf,automake,cocom,gcc-g++,git,libtool,make,patch,perl
# download build tool packages
+$ setup-x86_64.exe -P
gettext-devel,libiconv,libiconv-devel,libiconv2,libzstd-devel,zlib-devel
# download dumper packages
+$ setup-x86_64.exe -P mingw64-x86_64-gcc-g++,mingw64-x86_64-zlib
# download utility packages
+$ setup-x86_64.exe -P
dblatex,docbook-utils,docbook-xml45,docbook-xsl,docbook2X,perl-XML-SAX-Expat,xmlto
# download documentation packages
+</screen>
+
<para>Next, check out the Cygwin sources from the
<ulink url="https://cygwin.com/git.html";>Cygwin GIT source repository</ulink>).
This is the <emphasis>preferred method</emphasis> for acquiring the sources.
