newcomer issues when packaging biosig,stimfit, etc.

[Marco Atzeri]

On 08.01.2022 18:34, Alois Schlögl wrote:
> Dear Cygwin community,
> 

Hi Alois,

> I intend to package Stimfit [1] and Biosig [2] (and perhaps 
> libb64,libbiosig,sigviewer) for cygwin. The packages are already 
> available in Debian, but when trying to package them for cygwin, I run 
> into some difficulties.
> I read the documentation [3-5], but I got stuck, and I'd appreciate your 
> help on this. Attached are my current versions of  *.cygports and *.hint 
> files

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> When trying to build them with cygport I run into these difficulties:
> 
> $ cygport libb64.cygport all
>  >>> Preparing libb64-1.2.1-1.x86_64
>  >>> Unpacking source libb64-1.2.1.zip
>  >>> Preparing working source directory
>  >>> Compiling libb64-1.2.1-1.x86_64
> *** ERROR: Could not find configure.ac or configure.in
> 
> libb64 does not require running configure, the Makefile is already 
> available and a simple "make" command would do.
> How can I specifiy this in the libb64.cygport file ?
> 
> 
> "cygport biosig.cygport all"
> ....
> config.status: creating biosig4c++/tcl/Makefile
> config.status: creating config.h
> config.status: config.h is unchanged
> make: *** No rule to make target 'Makefile.in', needed by 'Makefile'.  
> Stop.
> *** ERROR: make failed
> 
> Makefile.in is in the sources, why do I see this error when trying to 
> build it with cygport ?
> 
> Attached are also stimfit.cygport and sigviewer.cygport, they require 
> libbiosig, and are most likely incomplete. If you have suggestions to 
> make it work, please let me know.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>     Alois
> 
> 
> 
> [1] https://github.com/neurodroid/stimfit
> [2] http://biosig.sourceforge.net/
> [3] https://cygwin.com/packages.html
> [4] https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html
> [5] https://cygwin.com/packaging-hint-files.html
> 

regards
Marco