[ITP] hello
Jon Turney
jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Sun Aug 31 15:22:31 GMT 2025
On 19/08/2025 02:38, Matthew Sheets via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> The GNU Hello program
>
> CATEGORY="Devel"
> SUMMARY="An example Cygport package based on GNU Hello"
> DESCRIPTION="The GNU Hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting.
> It allows non-programmers to use a classic computer science tool which would
> otherwise be unavailable to them.
>
> Seriously, though: this is an example of doing a basic Cygwin Cygport package.
> It is the Cygwin version of the GNU Project’s “Hello, world!” program
> (which is itself an example for the GNU Project)."
>
>
> I packaged "GNU Hello" for Cygwin as an aid in testing the Cygport Workflow Template
> posted about in separate threads, and I though I might as well check if there
> might be any interest in adding it to Cygwin.
Thanks!
Yeah, this is probably useful as an example.
I don't know if it's useful to add it at [1], or elsewhere in the
cygport documentation
[1]
https://cygwin.github.io/cygport/autotools_cygclass.html#autotools.cygclass
I added this to your packages.
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