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Subject: RE: info: single install xfree86 + minimal cygwin?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Burrell [mailto:iburrell AT znark DOT com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:49 AM

> Is it possible to have multiple packages in a subdirectory and 
> setup.hint file? Or does each package needs its own directory? 

Each package needs it's own directory.

> For a 
> hierarchy, I was thinking: base, devel, doc, fonts, and progs 
> (for the 
> optional servers). 

I'm not clear not the hierarchy there - that reads like a list to me. 
You've got two clauses you can independently use to make a hierarchy and
package dependencies - category:(i.e. the devel tarball belongs in
XFree86 and in Devel) and requires: (i.e. the server package requires
the fonts and the programs and ...)

> There are a couple of refinements that can be made to the 
> repackaging. 
> First, the 75dpi fonts make up the bulk (10MB) of the fonts 
> package and 
> aren't strictly required. They could be made their own package. The 
> miscellaneous fonts could be folded into the base package so there is 
> only one required package.
> 
> Second, move the man3 man pages into the devel package. Also, 
> move the 
> .a files in /usr/X11R6/lib into devel. That reduces the base 
> package by 
> a couple MB.

Those refinements can be made at any point - there's no need to have it
perfect on first release. Setup.exe is quite capable of handling files
moving from one package to another now.

Rob