# CYGPORT

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
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## 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 |

announce

send an announcement email 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.