From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John covici Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: 23.0.92 fails to build on Vista using gcc Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:05:28 -0400 Message-ID: <18907.59976.208015.738359@ccs.covici.com> References: <18907.40268.187188.782140@ccs.covici.com> <83eiw45l1i.fsf@gnu.org> <18907.49978.934593.598753@ccs.covici.com> <83d4bo5em7.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239149154 17765 80.91.229.12 (8 Apr 2009 00:05:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 00:05:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, covici@ccs.covici.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 08 02:07:12 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LrLJw-0003dh-7Q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:07:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38479 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LrLIY-0002zC-1W for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:05:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LrLIT-0002z7-Qc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:05:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LrLIP-0002yu-Co for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:05:41 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46397 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LrLIP-0002yr-6m for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:05:37 -0400 Original-Received: from wlym.com ([208.79.16.96]:56075) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LrLIM-0007ky-EH; Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:05:34 -0400 Original-Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-96-247-198-37.clppva.fios.verizon.net [96.247.198.37]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n3805VeY023416 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:05:33 -0400 Original-Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n3805Sfp025296; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:05:31 -0400 Original-Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.2/8.13.7/Submit) id n3805SAc025295; Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:05:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <83d4bo5em7.fsf@gnu.org> X-Mailer: VM ?bug? under Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110132 Archived-At: OK, by making sure cmd.exe was first in the path and renaming sh.exe temporarily, it dod work -- however I wonder, if sh.exe does not work, why does the makefile try to use it? I would have thought sh.exe would have been better. thanks for the hint. on Wednesday 04/08/2009 Eli Zaretskii(eliz@gnu.org) wrote > > Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:18:50 -0400 > > From: John covici > > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, covici@ccs.covici.com > > > > Native windows build and Gcc 3.4.5 Mingw Vista Sepcial R3. > > Is this the first time you build a pretest on Vista? > > Also, can you remove sh.exe from your Path, then re-configure and try > re-building with cmd.exe as the shell? I suspect that "Invalid > argument" may have nothing to do with Emacs. > > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com