From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Build failure for Emacs master Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:30:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83twj4dx7q.fsf@gnu.org> References: <56CCD91E.6070507@alice.it> <83egc2ixji.fsf@gnu.org> <56CD798D.7060102@alice.it> <56CD8408.1000701@alice.it> <83wppuggb4.fsf@gnu.org> <56CE2CA7.5050906@alice.it> <83io1cg2pt.fsf@gnu.org> <56DA0327.2030009@alice.it> <83oaatxu72.fsf@gnu.org> <570C4307.6050907@alice.it> <83k2k2g82s.fsf@gnu.org> <570EA823.1010404@alice.it> <570EBADD.2060604@cs.ucla.edu> <570EC198.5090407@alice.it> <570EF300.3050104@cs.ucla.edu> <570F4EC7.3060403@alice.it> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1460647878 14984 80.91.229.3 (14 Apr 2016 15:31:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:31:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Angelo Graziosi Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 14 17:31:10 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aqjEY-0003wa-IP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:31:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41758 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqjEY-0000Q9-1P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:31:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33250) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqjEU-0000NS-3T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:31:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqjEP-0003CB-TD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:31:02 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50798) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aqjEP-0003C7-Q6; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:30:57 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1146 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aqjEP-00081r-25; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:30:57 -0400 In-reply-to: <570F4EC7.3060403@alice.it> (message from Angelo Graziosi on Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:03:19 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:202907 Archived-At: > From: Angelo Graziosi > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:03:19 +0200 > Cc: Emacs development discussions > > Il 14/04/2016 03:31, Paul Eggert ha scritto: > > On 04/13/2016 03:00 PM, Angelo Graziosi wrote: > >> > >> './autogen.sh all' does not work using > >> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/snapshot/emacs-master.tar.gz as > >> source: > > > > That's a different approach from what's in INSTALL.REPO. INSTALL.REPO > > In MSYS2 and other OS there are *-git packages just to have the last > development source not because that people aims to develop and maintain > the applications of those packages.. I'd urge all those who are tracking development sources to please use the official established build procedure. Using 3rd-party packages whose procedures deviate from the project instructions is susceptible to bumping into problems that stem from using those deviant procedures, which is an added maintenance burden I think we'd like to avoid. Also, doing so means less testing for the official build procedures. If you can convince the MSYS2 maintainers to adopt the official build procedure, it would be even better. Failing that, please consider switching back to what the project recommends, what is documented in the relevant INSTALL documents. TIA