From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some error info from configure.bat please Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 02:54:26 +0200 Message-ID: <42C73742.3020605@student.lu.se> References: <42C65F1B.1030706@student.lu.se> <42C6894C.5080702@student.lu.se> <42C6BA4E.6050700@student.lu.se> <42C70919.2070705@student.lu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1120352529 6652 80.91.229.2 (3 Jul 2005 01:02:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 01:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 03 03:02:07 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DosrS-000356-7a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2005 03:01:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dosoa-0003ab-HE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2005 20:58:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dosnz-0003X8-2D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2005 20:57:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dosnu-0003Up-Rh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2005 20:57:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dosnu-0003U4-Pn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2005 20:57:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [81.228.11.98] (helo=pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DosqA-0002io-FM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2005 21:00:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.205.6) by pne-smtpout1-sn1.fre.skanova.net (7.2.060.1) id 42B813B00022E3D6; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 02:54:30 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: Juanma Barranquero In-Reply-To: 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:40167 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:40167 Juanma Barranquero wrote: >The problem is, I don't think that checking tools is a good strategy, >on the long term. Different versions sometimes work or cease to work. >I was able to build the Emacs info files with Cygwin for a while, and >after some update or other the thing failed. Me, I've assembled a .ZIP >with the tools needed (except MinGW, which I install separately), and >I unzip it wherever I want to compile Emacs. They are completely >separated of other installations of Unix tools that I may have on my >computer, and for sure I don't intend to change anything inside it >unless a future Emacs requires an upgrade (as Jason said, that >sometimes happens with make-info). > > Maybe different strategies are needed for different times. I have noticed the careful notes in INSTALL about certain parts of the tools. Perhaps that could be extended a bit. I see three different current tool packages on w32: GnuWin32, CygWin and MSYS+MinGW. I am not sure about UnxUtilites, are they maintained? Staying with one of those for a particular purposes may be the best. In my case I have decided to go with GnuWin32+MinGW when building Emacs. For run time program I am thinking about using MSYS instead since sometimes sh is needed. (However I have not been able to build with MSYS.) I've learned the hard way you should not mix the tools so if I am using MSYS I make sure I put that first in the path (for example by using (add-to-list 'exec-path) in Emacs). Currently I have MSYS installed, but it is not on my path (except for sometimes inside Emacs). >>I never noticed any programs named "info" or "install-info" was needed >>when doing this. What are you referring to? >> >> > >Sorry, info is not needed, I think. install-info is. Look at >nt/multi-install-info.bat. > Eh, sorry too. I have it, the installation packages from GnuWin32 works rathers seemlessly ;-)