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= msys =
 
 * MSYS - Minimal SYStem - collection of GNU utilities, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unix_utilities list of unix utilities]
 * Current Version: 1.0.11
 * `msys`: http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/msys/msys
 * `msys-dev`: http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/release/msys/msys-dev
 * Initial packaged for GRASS by jef
 * Maintainer: [wiki:MartinLanda Martin Landa]

=== Open Tickets ===

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=== Closed Tickets ===

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== Packaging notes ==

=== Install the environment for compilation (MingW) ===

1. Download [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msysCORE-1.0.11-bin.tar.gz msysCORE-1.0.11-bin.tar.gz]. Extract tarball into `C:\osgeo4w\apps\msys`. 

2. Modify `c:\osgeo4w\apps\msys\msys.bat`

{{{
--- msys.bat	2009-07-11 18:34:35 +0000
+++ apps/msys/msys.bat	2012-02-09 18:03:45 +0000
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 rem A value similar to C:\msys\1.0\bin is what the "Start in:" field needs
 rem to represent.
 
+call "%~dp0\..\..\bin\o4w_env.bat"
+
 rem ember value of GOTO: is used to know recursion has happened.
 if "%1" == "GOTO:" goto %2
 
@@ -53,9 +55,9 @@
 if "x%1" == "x--rxvt" set MSYSCON=rxvt.exe
 if NOT "x%MSYSCON%" == "xunknown" shift
 
-if "x%MSYSCON%" == "xunknown" set MSYSCON=sh.exe
+if "x%MSYSCON%" == "xunknown" set MSYSCON=rxvt.exe
 
-if "x%MSYSTEM%" == "x" set MSYSTEM=MINGW32
+if "x%MSYSTEM%" == "x" set MSYSTEM=MSYS
 if "%1" == "MINGW32" set MSYSTEM=MINGW32
 if "%1" == "MSYS" set MSYSTEM=MSYS
 
@@ -80,8 +82,8 @@
 if NOT EXIST %WD%rxvt.exe goto startsh
 
 rem Setup the default colors for rxvt.
-if "x%MSYSBGCOLOR%" == "x" set MSYSBGCOLOR=White
-if "x%MSYSFGCOLOR%" == "x" set MSYSFGCOLOR=Black
+if "x%MSYSBGCOLOR%" == "x" set MSYSBGCOLOR=Black
+if "x%MSYSFGCOLOR%" == "x" set MSYSFGCOLOR=White
 if "x%MINGW32BGCOLOR%" == "x" set MINGW32BGCOLOR=LightYellow
 if "x%MINGW32FGCOLOR%" == "x" set MINGW32FGCOLOR=Navy
 if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MSYS" set BGCOLOR=%MSYSBGCOLOR%
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@
 if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MINGW32" set BGCOLOR=%MINGW32BGCOLOR%
 if "%MSYSTEM%" == "MINGW32" set FGCOLOR=%MINGW32FGCOLOR%
 
-start %WD%rxvt -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -fg %FGCOLOR% -bg %BGCOLOR% -sr -fn Courier-12 -tn msys -geometry 80x25 -e /bin/sh --login -i
+start %WD%rxvt -backspacekey  -sl 2500 -fg %FGCOLOR% -bg %BGCOLOR% -sr -fn Courier-16 -tn msys -geometry 80x25 -e /bin/sh --login -i
 exit
 
 :startsh
}}}

3. Copy `c:\osgeo4w\apps\msys\etc\fstab.sample` to `c:\osgeo4w\apps\msys\etc\fstab` (without .sample)

4. Open `c:\osgeo4w\apps\msys\etc\fstab`

5. At line 16, change:
{{{
c:/mingw		/mingw
c:/ActiveState/perl	/perl
}}}
To:
{{{
@osgeo4w@	/osgeo4w
}}}
6. Download the MinGW packages:
(''[https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435 updates may be found here]'')
 * '''bin-utils''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/binutils-2.19.1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz here]
 * '''gcc-core''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/gcc-core-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar.gz here] (dev package only)
 * '''gcc-g++''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/gcc-g%2B%2B-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar.gz here] (dev package only)
 * '''mingw32-make''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw32-make-3.81-20080326-3.tar.gz here] (dev package only)
 * '''mingw-runtime''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingwrt-3.15.2-mingw32-dev.tar.gz here] (dev package only)
 * '''mingw-utils''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz here] (dev package only)
 * '''w32api''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/w32api-3.13-mingw32-dev.tar.gz here] (dev package only)

7. Download the latest '''make''' program compliant with the OSGeo4W framework from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/make-3.81-MSYS-1.0.11-2.tar.bz2 here]
(''future updates may be found [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435 here]'')

8. Unpack to `c:\osgeo4w\apps\msys`  (the content of the sub-folders in the zip-files - ''bin'', ''share'' have to be copied into the related sub-folders of `c:\osgeo4w\apps\msys`)

9. Close and re-open msys to reload the settings.

=== Pre-built Binaries ===

Download: 
(''updates may be found [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=23617 here]'')
 * '''bc''' from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/bc/1.06-2/bc-1.06-2-bin.zip/download here]
 * '''bison''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/bison-2.1-bin.zip here] (dev package only)
 * '''bison-deps''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/bison-2.1-dep.zip here] (dev package only)
 * '''flex''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/flex-2.5.4a-1-bin.zip here] (dev package only)
 * '''gettext-bin''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/gettext-0.14.4-bin.zip here] (dev package only)
 * '''gettext-lib''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/gettext-0.14.4-lib.zip here] (dev package only)
 * '''libiconv-bin''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/libiconv-1.9.2-1-bin.zip here]
 * '''libiconv-lib''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/libiconv-1.9.2-1-lib.zip here] (dev package only)
 * '''libintl-bin''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/libintl-0.14.4-bin.zip here] 
 * '''libintl-lib''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/libintl-0.14.4-lib.zip here] (dev package only)
 * '''readline''' from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/readline/5.0-1/readline-5.0-1-bin.zip/download here]
 * '''regex''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32/regex-2.7-bin.zip here]

Unpack to `c:\osgeo4w\apps\msys`  (the content of the sub-folders in the zip-files - ''bin'', ''share'' have to be copied into the related sub-folders of `c:\osgeo4w\apps\msys`)

=== Etc scripts ===

 1. Create `c:\osgeo4w\etc\ini` and copy attachment:msys.bat into this directory
 1. Create `c:\osgeo4w\etc\postinstall` and copy attachment:msys.2.bat into this directory