Index: bin/cygport.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/cygwin-ports/cygport/bin/cygport.in,v
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -r1.45 cygport.in
--- bin/cygport.in	4 Jan 2007 02:35:26 -0000	1.45
+++ bin/cygport.in	6 Jan 2007 03:11:40 -0000
@@ -566,6 +566,19 @@
 	fi
 }
 
+# provides a hook for cygclasses/cygports to take action 
+# *before* origsrc directory is mirrored to src directory
+# NOTE that all sources in SRC_URI have already been unpacked,
+#      but the patches in PATCH_URI have NOT been applied,
+#      when this function is invoked.
+src_prep_init_hook() {
+	:
+}
+# provides a hook for cygclasses/cygports to take action 
+# *after* origsrc directory is mirrored to src directory
+src_prep_fini_hook() {
+	:
+}
 src_prep() {
 	local sigext;
 	local src_patch;
@@ -612,20 +625,23 @@
 		unpack ${top}/${src_pkg};
 	done
 
-	cd ${origsrcdir}/${SRC_DIR};
+	if [ ! -d ${origsrcdir}/${SRC_DIR} ]
+	then
+		error "SRC_DIR is not correctly defined"
+	fi
+
+	src_prep_init_hook
 	
+	cd ${origsrcdir}/${SRC_DIR};
 	for src_patch in ${_src_orig_patches}
 	do
 		apply_patch ${top}/${src_patch};
 	done
 
-	if [ ! -d ${origsrcdir}/${SRC_DIR} ]
-	then
-		error "SRC_DIR is not correctly defined"
-	fi
 
 	__step "Preparing working source directory";
 
+	cd ${top}
 	cp -fpr ${origsrcdir}/* ${srcdir};
 
 	mkdir -p ${C};
@@ -637,11 +653,15 @@
 	then
 		apply_patch ${top}/${cygwin_patchfile} ${top}/${src_patchfile};
 	fi
+
+	cd ${top}
+	src_prep_fini_hook
+	cd ${S}
 }
 
 # protect functions
 readonly -f fetch src_fetch unpack gpg_verify __mkdirs apply_patch __oldpatch src_prep
-
+export -f src_prep_init_hook src_prep_fini_hook
 
 ################################################################################
 #
@@ -969,8 +989,21 @@
 	cyginstall
 }
 
+# provides a hook for cygclasses/cygports to take action 
+# *before* built-in preinstall steps.
+src_install_init_hook() {
+	:
+}
+
+# provides a hook for cygclasses/cygports to take action 
+# *after* built-in postinstall steps.
+src_install_fini_hook() {
+	:
+}
+
 # protect functions
 export -f dodir docinto exeinto insinto
+export -f src_install_init_hook src_install_fini_hook
 readonly -f dodir docinto exeinto insinto __prepinstalldirs cyginstall
 
 
@@ -1678,7 +1711,7 @@
 			;;
 		inst*)
 			__stage Installing;
-			(__prepinstalldirs && src_install && src_postinst) 2>&1 | tee ${installlog};
+			(src_install_init_hook && __prepinstalldirs && src_install && src_postinst && src_install_fini_hook) 2>&1 | tee ${installlog};
 			_status=$?;
 			;;
 		list)