From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Arash Esbati Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#55930: 29.0.50; Removing some items from Emacs FAQ for MS Windows Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:36:51 +0200 Message-ID: <865yl3mvrg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86fsk9buyr.fsf@gnu.org> <83edztvid5.fsf@gnu.org> <86tu8o6hwx.fsf@gnu.org> <83a6agvldj.fsf@gnu.org> <86sfo891q0.fsf@gnu.org> <0547b62d-32f5-c40e-e062-7666b8a493b9@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18967"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 Cc: Eli Zaretskii , 55930@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jim Porter Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 11:39:45 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o131V-0004lp-KN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 11:39:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58686 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o131U-0005sY-C9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:39:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48100) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o12zp-0003y9-U8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:38:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39046) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o12zp-00088h-MJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:38:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o12zp-0002Wk-KN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:38:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Arash Esbati Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:38:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55930 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 55930-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55930.16551994369655 (code B ref 55930); Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:38:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55930) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2022 09:37:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32941 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o12z6-0002Vf-CY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:37:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34692) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o12z4-0002VO-TQ for 55930@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:37:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:60248) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o12yz-00082l-LY; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:37:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:To: From; bh=81AIBhcou4PfGaXfgwGcMWleWKf4LR8O68V95eDoDUY=; b=XsVMPKwVzAf/dZfSPv7f 79v/Asav+Yf3GfcZnEU6XvKB++UM66EnbYOsneDpTKL1npZRTnhOoFqypkiPLeBiaLlqQPQvJPDVl Yu5KVdN/H3pW80CcQ9A/ApdcmlOGRpfWq5USoL/zxiDgjpKuNLmcfD8vttoeCHP2YhLb32U99K3cN LGNlSnucJxIwJVTMvVSRT63C1z/ZdmLTUJXk/OANhaIzXun6nyMnbEhMlYeaUf+iiI1qPoJJpxtlI DCRDtUi5QjpvX0NNkrBMpDnuY/ELgd6LuQOKxOqbqVZRwTMVE2lfLKrRqQjAoNiVEMLte8yhUVtrr UyRiHZQ5yX/XRQ==; Original-Received: from p4fe3ee56.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([79.227.238.86]:53885 helo=MUTANT) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o12yz-0004Hc-7Y; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:37:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <0547b62d-32f5-c40e-e062-7666b8a493b9@gmail.com> (Jim Porter's message of "Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:46:35 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:234463 Archived-At: Jim Porter writes: > On the subject pointing people to precompiled MS Windows binaries of > useful GNU tools, one really easy way for users is to add C:\Program > Files\Git\usr\bin to their PATH (or wherever Git was installed). On MS > Windows, Git comes with quite a few of the most-common commands (I > think from MSYS2, actually), and I'd imagine that many Emacs users > also have Git installed. > > I'm not sure this is worth putting in the FAQ, but I thought I'd > mention it just in case. Thanks for your comment. I'm not sure if it's worth either. But my recommendation would be to drop this and let people install the original MinGW64/MSYS2 distribution if they want the tools besides Git. I mean, why installing Git when you want to use bash only? Best, Arash