From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19989: 25.0.50; Build instructions on Windows Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:04:53 +0200 Message-ID: <837futm8ca.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20150303163453.GA25244@math.berkeley.edu> <834mq2qana.fsf@gnu.org> <83385mq9og.fsf@gnu.org> <20150303203037.GA26426@math.berkeley.edu> <83pp8ppgvw.fsf@gnu.org> <20150305211821.GA2915@math.berkeley.edu> <83lhjao7fr.fsf@gnu.org> <54F971AD.2050907@gmx.at> <83d24mo1xi.fsf@gnu.org> <54F9F7A4.5000205@gmx.at> <83sidilyev.fsf@gnu.org> <54FAC7A8.7040801@gmx.at> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1425722782 8143 80.91.229.3 (7 Mar 2015 10:06:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 10:06:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19989@debbugs.gnu.org, ilya@math.berkeley.edu To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 07 11:06:12 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YUBcY-00028c-Ga for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 11:06:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33955 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUBcX-0007db-QF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:06:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUBcT-0007aC-F3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:06:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUBcQ-0004Lf-9H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:06:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39568) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUBcQ-0004LZ-6A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:06:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUBcP-00071w-PC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:06:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19989 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19989-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19989.142572270326952 (code B ref 19989); Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19989) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Mar 2015 10:05:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38136 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUBbS-00070R-95 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:05:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:59375) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUBbP-0006zz-33 for 19989@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 05:05:00 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NKU00C006K64Y00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 19989@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:04:52 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NKU00CWQ6O04S00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:04:48 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <54FAC7A8.7040801@gmx.at> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:100231 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:40:56 +0100 > From: martin rudalics > CC: ilya@math.berkeley.edu, 19989@debbugs.gnu.org > > > It depends on which tools you use to unpack. If the tools allow you > > to say "do not override with older files", the probability of errors > > is greatly reduced. > > The tools say that. The problematic component is the person using them. Can't do much to help that ;-) > >> You have a well maintained code base and much superior knowledge. > >> Starting from scratch is not comparable to that. > > > > I, too, started from scratch at some point ;-) > > So all I can hope is that one day all your machines, backups and notes > crash simultaneously, you forget everything you've done before in this > area, have to start from scratch again and will publish here what you've > done to produce a working environment :-( Assuming I'll have time to publish "everything", yes. What's in nt/INSTALL is supposed to be the important parts, though; it got additions as people complained about things I initially left unsaid.