From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9960: Compiling Emacs trunk with MSVC Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:59:15 +0100 Message-ID: <87aa8172ng.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <83zkgakdby.fsf@gnu.org> <4EB5320F.5090800@gmail.com> <83vcqyk8k3.fsf@gnu.org> <4EB540F4.7080106@gmail.com> <83r51mk62f.fsf@gnu.org> <86wrbeo7p5.fsf@googlemail.com> <83k47ejyyt.fsf@gnu.org> <86sjm2o559.fsf@googlemail.com> <86obwqo2hl.fsf@googlemail.com> <86ipmynwds.fsf@googlemail.com> <838vnujm3z.fsf@gnu.org> <83sjlzj25l.fsf@gnu.org> <8339dvgfpv.fsf@gnu.org> <83pqgyfnbf.fsf@gnu.org> <83hb29fo0k.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1321113595 26704 80.91.229.12 (12 Nov 2011 15:59:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:59:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cschol2112@googlemail.com, 9960@debbugs.gnu.org To: Fabrice Popineau Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 12 16:59:50 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPFzd-0006O6-Br for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:59:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58220 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPFzc-0002h0-UZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:59:44 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50260) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPFzZ-0002gh-Ru for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:59:42 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPFzY-0007fX-Fe for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:59:41 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45584) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RPFzY-0007fT-Bb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:59:40 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPFzu-0008RY-CK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:00:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=93scar?= Fuentes Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:00:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9960 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9960-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9960.132111358832404 (code B ref 9960); Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9960) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Nov 2011 15:59:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPFzf-0008Qb-Nt for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:59:48 -0500 Original-Received: from impaqm2.telefonica.net ([213.4.138.18] helo=telefonica.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RPFza-0008QO-E2 for 9960@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:59:45 -0500 Original-Received: from IMPmailhost1.adm.correo ([10.20.102.38]) by IMPaqm2.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id wFuT1h01i0piX6q3MFzHYJ; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:59:17 +0100 Original-Received: from qcore ([83.57.124.7]) by IMPmailhost1.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id wFzG1h00309hPnX1hFzHcm; Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:59:17 +0100 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-original-sender: 981711563@telefonica.net In-Reply-To: (Fabrice Popineau's message of "Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:34:56 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:00:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:53834 Archived-At: Fabrice Popineau writes: [snip] > Also, to complete what I wrote previously about installation and > redistributables. > It is perfectly possible to compile a foo.exe program and link it with the > current release > of msvcrt (say msvcrt100.dll) and pack this library in the very same > directory > foo.exe is located. You can zip them together and there is nothing to > install. > Your foo.exe program will be dynamically linked with the dll that are > located > in the same directory, before looking anywhere else. I don't think that distributing msvcrt100.dll (or any proprietary binary) with a GNU binary is acceptable. But I'm not 100% sure, you'll better check in emacs-devel. [snip] > So it seems that MINGW compiled programs are linked with the MS > msvcrt.dll ? By default, yes. > But then, you would need to provide msvcrt.dll together with your > binaries ? Not really. msvcrt.dll is distributed with the OS since Windows 98, IIRC. The Windows 95 users probably have it installed as well, because so much software depends on it. [snip]