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THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Cygwin documentation is available on the net at http://cygwin.com
You might especially be interested in
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.programming.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin

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2006-01-26 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.building-cygwin):
Simplify instructions, and remove tar usage basics.
2006-01-26 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* faq-programming.xml (faq.programming.ipc): Add new FAQ about

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<para>First, you need to make sure you have the necessary build tools
installed; you at least need <literal>gcc</literal>, <literal>make</literal>,
and <literal>perl</literal>. If you want to run the tests
and <literal>perl</literal>. If you want to run the tests,
<literal>cocom</literal> and <literal>dejagnu</literal> are also required,
and you need to have <literal>CYGWIN=server</literal> set as described at
<ulink url="http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygserver.html" />.
Next, get the Cygwin source. Ideally, you should check out
what you need from CVS (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/cvs.html" />). This is the
<emphasis>preferred method</emphasis> for acquiring the sources. Otherwise, you can
install the cygwin source package from the distribution.
</para>
<para>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.
</para>
<screen>
tar xjf cygwin-1.5.12-1-src.tar.bz2
cd cygwin-1.5.12-1
</screen>
<para>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> build cygwin in a separate directory from the source,
so create something like a <literal>build/</literal> directory. You will also want
to install to a temporary location:
</para>
<screen>
mkdir build
mkdir /install
cd build
(../configure --prefix=/install -v; make) &gt;&amp; make.out
make install &gt; install.log 2&gt;&amp;1
</screen>
<para>Normally, this procedure ignores errors in building the documentation.
Normally, building ignores any errors in building the documentation,
which requires the <literal>docbook-xml42</literal>, <literal>docbook-xsl</literal>, and
<literal>xmlto</literal> packages. For more information on building the
documentation, see the README included in the <literal>cygwin-doc</literal> package.
</para>
<para>Next, get the Cygwin source. Ideally, you should check out
what you need from CVS (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/cvs.html" />). This is the
<emphasis>preferred method</emphasis> for acquiring the sources. Otherwise, if
you are trying to duplicate a cygwin release then you should
download the corresponding source package
(<literal>cygwin-x.y.z-n-src.tar.bz2</literal>). </para>
<para>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> build cygwin in a separate directory from
the source, so create something like a <literal>build/</literal> directory.
Assuming you checked out the source in <literal>/oss/src/</literal>, and you
also want to install to the temporary location <literal>install</literal>:
</para>
<screen>
mkdir /oss/build
mkdir /oss/install
cd build
(/oss/src/configure --prefix=/oss/install -v; make) &gt;&amp; make.out
make install &gt; install.log 2&gt;&amp;1
</screen>
<para>To check a cygwin1.dll, run "make check" in the winsup/testsuite
directory. If that works, install everything <emphasis>except</emphasis> the dll (if
you can). Then, close down all cygwin programs (including bash windows,