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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo index 8c548af49..844aaf3cc 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo @@ -309,15 +309,11 @@ Ideally, you should check out what you need from CVS method} for acquiring the sources. Otherwise, you can install the appropriate source packages from the cygwin distribution. -As of this writing, you need to install at least the cygwin source -package and the w32api source package. The winsup source package -should be extracted first and the w32api source directory should -be extracted into the resulting 'winsup' directory. Then rename -w32api-whatever to w32api. - -It is possible that the cygwin source package may require a newer -version of the w32api package since the release of the packages is -not always in lock step (another reason to just use CVS). +If you are trying to duplicate a cygwin release then you should just +download the corresponding source package and use "tar xjf" to unpack +it. This will unpack the sources into a directory named cygwin-x.y.z-n, +where x.y.z-n correspond to the version numbering of the tar.bz2 +package. You @emph{must} build cygwin in a separate directory from the source. So, create something like a /obj directory. You'll be performing @@ -338,7 +334,7 @@ package named docbook-utils should get you most of what you need. For more information on building the documentation, see the README included in the cygwin-doc package. -To check a cygwin1.dll, run "make check" in the winsup/cygwin directory. +To check a cygwin1.dll, run "make check" in the winsup/testsuite directory. If that works, install everything @emph{except} the dll (if you can). Then, close down all cygwin programs (including bash windows, inetd, etc.), save your old dll, and copy the new dll to the correct place. |