Re: [PATCH cygutils 0/1] Notes

Hi Brian, Vadim,

On Wed, 6 Aug 2025, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 2025-08-06 08:07, Vadim (vadcx) via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> From: "Vadim (vadcx)" <[email protected]>
>> I couldn't figure out how to build cygutils and got confused along
>> the way, where the repository is supposed to be and how maintainer's
>> patches should be applied.
>
> Start with the package source summary page:
>
> 	https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/cygutils-src.html
>
> to get to the packaging repo:
>
> 	https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-packages/cygutils/
>
> which you can clone from the https URI there;
> although there is still a historical cygwin-apps repo also:
>
> 	https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-apps/cygutils/
>
> but chere has no source summary page, just package:
>
> 	https://cygwin.com/packages/summary/chere.html
>
> so the source package cygports there should be your start point, as there 
> does not appear to be any packaging repo pushed as yet.
>
> The apps repos maintainer (Jon or alternate) can create one with available 
> history.
>
> Patches must apply cleanly against the HEAD of main/master or equivalent.
>
> You may need to bump versions

Speaking from memory because I haven't checked yet, I believe the 
packaging repo still refers to Charles Wilson's last release.  I have not 
kept that repo (the one under Cygwin.com/cgit) in sync with the updates I 
have made in the years since.

Vadim, Brian's text above is how it's supposed to work, and how it works 
for most if not all other Cygwin packages.  I will be converging cygutils 
to this standard over time, but not soon.

Nevertheless, I have seen your patch posts and will respond to them 
shortly.  They will result in an updated cygutils package in due time.
Apologies for any confusion,

..mark