From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: windows installer Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:35:35 +0000 Message-ID: <87y3nd3dx4.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <87po99qzbn.fsf@russet.org.uk> <1509955878.550800.1162811960.541B525D@webmail.messagingengine.com> <87h8u6bae3.fsf@russet.org.uk> <1510126271.1965593.1165373624.0601E5CF@webmail.messagingengine.com> <8760aijcek.fsf@russet.org.uk>> <83ineiotjr.fsf@gnu.org>> <3f972e79-afcd-4f92-a283-41fad4b687fb@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1510356957 5115 195.159.176.226 (10 Nov 2017 23:35:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:35:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux) Cc: jostein@secure.kjonigsen.net, Eli Zaretskii , jostein@kjonigsen.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 11 00:35:52 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eDIpx-0000yK-CF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 00:35:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43895 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDIq4-0002tN-LT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:35:56 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32992) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDIpr-0002s8-JH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:35:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDIpq-0006m9-ND for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:35:43 -0500 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:51006) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDIpl-0006gr-W0; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:35:38 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=FInjnsVvmjg52ICmUIfkyH+LZcV182MlX73+AOYtrEA=; b=h7qwkCqy9qE5bjXVRZdkCIZ42 5TBcDK6TYVorevLWJJ8wQDulQnL0jF4Lo4Uv8OrxyKYCevKpqvk6qPeYpzQdvYByQ69Dwc3AFsf+H VajbUOH9rt1pwfuIZdaN7ZQf8OQhSOt+wqiBXPLeG+rNUpp9b7PVyo2zi2RonqeUQyRyoLQTU0/4C kR0SxQpe30N1EhChvxPrSXeqbck1z8H4n4nkICyZ0dTOdzMrR1pB4E6OP9dRMhJsNBLAzTCYU7O6u RUbR/6JzQkri21S2Lt2s2vGgSRj7XbUHcCfJaweC8CR55GyHzfmxlpLVkfwoZABZ4wyZzickoQoiK ysaAEtnEA==; Original-Received: from cpc8-benw10-2-0-cust100.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([92.233.204.101]:58850 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1eDIpk-002rqx-Dx; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 23:35:36 +0000 In-Reply-To: <3f972e79-afcd-4f92-a283-41fad4b687fb@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:43:08 -0800 (PST)") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 78.129.138.110 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:220044 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> They _will_ want to add it to PATH if they want to install packages >> from the likes of ELPA, which frequently come with Makefiles that >> invoke Emacs to compile the Lisp files. > > I haven't been following this thread. But I was hoping that > one thing that would come out of it is push-button building > of Emacs for Windows. I was hoping too that the result would > be (could be, at least) what we get now: a build complete with > binary executables and Lisp source code - but without any > "installation" into Program Files etc being necessary (i.e., > hard-coded). My scripts build all the distribution scripts with a single command (not a push-button, unless this includes the "enter" key). But they do assume that you have msys and the rest installed. At heart, though, they just run three commands (autogen.sh;configure;make install). > I, for one, am not interested in "installing" any Emacs build > (Program Files etc.). I use multiple builds from different > releases. I don't even want anything added, by default, to > PATH. I am debating with my installer whether to allow multiple versions or do the more normal windows things of one version. I suspect the latter is more sensible because, well, it's the normal windows thing. > But an easy way to build Emacs for Windows - essentially > push-button, specifying only an output directory and optionally > other things that might be relevant - would be welcome. Other than what we have, this isn't really on my radar. Building emacs from source is now as easy as I need it to be. Phil