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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo index 26adf0cc9..c4e22fdd9 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-programming.texinfo @@ -234,12 +234,16 @@ rewriting the runtime library in question from specs... @subsection How do I rebuild the tools on my NT box? Install all required components in one directory (we'll call it /src). -Ideally, you should check out what you need from CVS (@file{http://cygwin.com/cvs.html}) but -otherwise, you can install the appropriate source packages from the -cygwin distribution. +Ideally, you should check out what you need from CVS +(@file{http://cygwin.com/cvs.html}). This is the @emph(preferred +method) for acquiring the sources. Otherwise, you can install the +appropriate source packages from the cygwin distribution. As of this writing, you need to install at least the cygwin source -package and the w32api source package. +package and the w32api source package. The winsup source package +should be extracted first and the w32api source directory should +be extracted into the resulting 'winsup' directory. Then rename +w32api-whatever to w32api. It is possible that the cygwin source package may require a newer version of the w32api package since the release of the packages is |