From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Mathias Dahl <mathias.dahl@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Could we include diff and grep (etc.) executables on Windows?
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:07:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83k17y5vvq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABrcCQ4i+FWH-WNLLNFcK=jiqgnfsFifE7ebC5wwGhvb9PgY7A@mail.gmail.com> (message from Mathias Dahl on Sun, 17 Nov 2019 12:50:19 +0100)
> From: Mathias Dahl <mathias.dahl@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 12:50:19 +0100
>
> I see that we bundle some exe files in the bin directory of Emacs (bunzip2, bzcat, etc.), could we include
> some of the other core utilities as well?
It all depends on the good will and free resources of the people who
prepare these binary packages. (The executables you see are there
because Emacs is linked against the respective libraries, and so all
the contents of the respective binary package is present.) Adding
more packages means more work for those volunteers.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-17 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-17 11:50 Could we include diff and grep (etc.) executables on Windows? Mathias Dahl
2019-11-17 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-11-17 16:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-11-17 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-17 17:49 ` Óscar Fuentes
2019-11-17 19:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-11-18 15:53 ` Phillip Lord
2019-11-18 18:05 ` Stephen Leake
2019-11-19 14:56 ` Phillip Lord
2019-11-19 15:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-19 20:32 ` Óscar Fuentes
2019-11-20 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-18 15:49 ` Phillip Lord
2019-11-18 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-18 15:48 ` Phillip Lord
2019-11-18 16:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
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