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= msys =
 
 * MSYS - '''Minimal SYStem''' - provides Windows ports of a lightweight Unix-like shell environment 
 * 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]

=== TODO ===

 * split package into `msys` (GNU utilities), `mingw` and `msys-tools` (extra tools like zip and others)
 * update to 1.0.18
=== Changes ===
 * 1.0.11-11: added 'zip' package
 * 1.0.11-12: fix dependencies for 'zip' package
=== Open Tickets ===

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=== Closed Tickets ===

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== Packaging notes ==

=== Install MinGW ===

1. Download [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/latest/download latest installer].

2. Choose ''C & C++ Compiler'', ''MSYS Base System'' and ''MinGW Developer Toolkit''.

3. Install MinGW (including MSYS) into `C:\MinGW`. 

4. Modify `c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\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
}}}

4. Modify `c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\etc\fstab`

{{{
--- apps/msys/etc/fstab.sample  2009-07-11 18:34:34 +0000
+++ apps/msys/etc/fstab 2012-02-09 16:11:26 +0000
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@
-C:\MinGW\   /mingw
+@osgeo4w@              /osgeo4w
}}}

=== Download extra packages for `msys` package ===

=== Download extra packages for `msys-dev` package ===

1. Download extra 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]
 * '''gcc-g++''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/gcc-g%2B%2B-3.4.5-20060117-3.tar.gz here]
 * '''mingw32-make''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw32-make-3.81-20080326-3.tar.gz here]
 * '''mingw-runtime''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingwrt-3.15.2-mingw32-dev.tar.gz here]
 * '''mingw-utils''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz here]
 * '''w32api''' from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/w32api-3.13-mingw32-dev.tar.gz here]

2. 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]'')

3. Unpack files into `c:\MinGW`


=== Extra packages ===

 * '''zip''' from [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/files/zip/ here] (`zip-bin` and `zip-dep`)

=== Etc scripts ===

 1. Create `c:\osgeo4w\etc\ini` and save `msys.bat` into this directory

{{{
PATH %PATH%;%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\bin
if not defined HOME set HOME=%USERPROFILE%
}}}

 2. Create `c:\osgeo4w\etc\postinstall` and save `msys.bat` into this directory

{{{
mkdir "%OSGEO4W_STARTMENU%"
xxmklink "%OSGEO4W_STARTMENU%\MSYS.lnk"       "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\msys.bat" " " \ "Minimal SYStem" 7 "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\msys.ico"

xxmklink "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop\MSYS.lnk" "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\msys.bat" " " \ "Minimal SYStem" 7 "%OSGEO4W_ROOT%\apps\msys\msys.ico"

textreplace -std -t apps/msys/etc/fstab
}}}