From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jari Aalto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Building Emacs-cvs on Cygwin (GCC summary) Date: 05 Nov 2006 12:52:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87hcxemahr.fsf@w2kpicasso.cante.net> References: <20061030022239.AEY02066@m1.t-2.net> <87wt6hfsue.fsf@offby1.atm01.sea.blarg.net> <4546724A.5060009@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162724071 32394 80.91.229.2 (5 Nov 2006 10:54:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 10:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 05 11:54:27 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ggfdq-00017L-TL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:54:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ggfdo-0003ZH-Mr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:54:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GgfcW-0003D8-0H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:52:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GgfcU-0003CG-Sf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:52:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GgfcT-0003Bl-O5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:52:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GgfcT-0006PQ-OY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:52:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GgfcK-0000ok-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:52:44 +0100 Original-Received: from a81-197-175-198.elisa-laajakaista.fi ([81.197.175.198]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:52:44 +0100 Original-Received: from jari.aalto by a81-197-175-198.elisa-laajakaista.fi with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:52:44 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 21 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: a81-197-175-198.elisa-laajakaista.fi User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 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:61813 Archived-At: Jason Rumney writes: > Eric Hanchrow wrote: > > Richard> Let's document that people should not use GCC 3.4 on > > Richard> Cygwin. Where is the best place to document this? > > > > I vote for nt/INSTALL > > > > That is the wrong place for instructions for the Cygwin build. The > Cygwin build does not use the windows specific files in the nt > subdirectory, and people who know Cygwin would not expect it to, since > Cygwin is not Windows, it is a POSIX emulation environment. > > etc/PROBLEMS seems more appropriate. Woudl it be possible to use OS specific file: etc/NOTES.Cygwin Jari