CYGPORT(1)

NAME
cygport - Cygwin source packaging tool

SYNOPSIS
cygport [OPTIONS] CYGPORT_FILE COMMAND [COMMAND2 ...]

DESCRIPTION
cygport is a utility for creating and building Cygwin software packages.

OPTIONS may include the following:

--32, -4
    build package for i686 Cygwin

--64, -8
    build package for x86_64 Cygwin

--debug
    enable debugging messages

The --32 and --64 options are mutually exclusive.

On Cygwin, if neither the --32 nor --64 options are enabled, the package will be built for the architecture on which cygport is run. On other systems, one of those options is required.

COMMAND may be one or more of the following:

download
    download upstream sources from Internet

prep
    create working directory, unpack sources and apply patches

compile
    run all compilation steps

test
    run the package's test suite, if one exists

install
    install into a DESTDIR, and run post-installation steps

package
    create binary and source packages

upload
    upload finished packages to cygwin.com

finish
    delete the working directory

all run all of the above, excluding finish

See the included README file for further documentation.

AUTHOR
Written by Yaakov Selkowitz for the Cygwin Ports project <http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/>.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <cygwin-ports-general@lists.sourceforge.net>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2015 Yaakov Selkowitz

This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

You may redistribute copies of this program under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.