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Why is UWIN split into packages?

April 26, 2017Packages Split uwin

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Why is UWIN split into packages?

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The primary reason for splitting into packages was to reduce the size for users that do not require everyting. For example, users that don’t do software development do not need the development package. Not everyone requires the X11, groff, or perl software either. The license for these add-on packages might differ depending on where the sofware has been derived from. In addition, once the base package is installed, the installation of other packages can use standard UNIX tools for installing these additional packages. • What is UWIN Base package? UWIN Base package consists of the UWIN runtime libraries, shells, utilities, daemons and services. It provides a virtual UNIX environment on Windows. Most of the utilities were developed by AT&T and conform to POSIX.2 and X/Open. A few utilities were compiled from GNU and BSD source code. • What is UWIN Development pagkage? UWIN Development package adds application development support on UWIN. It consists of header files, libraries and develop