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MinGW Package Download and Installation Tool |
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$Id: README.in,v 15e228fcee93 2013/09/04 15:45:38 keithmarshall $ |
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Description |
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mingw-get is a tool to assist users in the management of MinGW and MSYS |
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software installations. Configured via an online XML database, which is |
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managed by the project maintainers, it offers a choice of graphical and |
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command line driven user interfaces facilitating selective download and |
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installation of packages provided by the project. |
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The XML database provides maintainers with a mechanism for the |
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specification of inter-package dependencies; this permits configuration |
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of any package, such that the end user may elect to install just that |
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specific package, leaving mingw-get to ensure that all dependencies will |
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be automatically satisfied at installation time. |
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Licensing Terms |
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mingw-get is free software. Permission is granted to copy, modify and |
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redistribute this software, under the provisions of the GNU General |
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Public License, Version 3, (or, at your option, any later version), as |
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published by the Free Software Foundation; see the file COPYING, which |
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is distributed with the mingw-get-lic package, and with the source code, |
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for licensing details. |
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Note, in particular, that mingw-get is provided "as is", in the hope |
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that it may prove useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND; not even an |
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implied WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, nor of FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR |
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PURPOSE. Under no circumstances will the author, or the MinGW Project, |
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accept liability for any damages, however caused, arising from the use |
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of this software. |
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Further Information |
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For development history, and details of features included in successive |
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releases of mingw-get, please refer to the NEWS file. |
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For installation and configuration instructions, see the file INSTALL. |
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Reporting Bugs |
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Please file bug reports as directed at http://mingw.org/Reporting_Bugs |
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