Using cygport for a local install

[Yaakov (Cygwin/X)]

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Ken Brown wrote:
> Suppose I want to modify and rebuild a cygwin package that was created
> using cygport.  I may want to install it in /usr/local to avoid conflict
> with the official version.  One way to do this (I think) is to add
> options like --prefix=/usr/local, --bindir=/usr/local/bin, etc., to the
> call to cygconf.  Is this the recommended method, or does cygport
> provide a simpler way to do it?

cygport was made for creating distributable Cygwin packages, so it is
set to use the /usr prefix.  There is no easy way to override that.


Yaakov
Cygwin/X
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