From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cannot build on w32 Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:17:55 -0500 Message-ID: References: <4D373515.6010902@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1295536714 27974 80.91.229.12 (20 Jan 2011 15:18:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:18:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Jan_Dj=C3=A4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 20 16:18:30 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PfwHN-0000hZ-8H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:18:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54677 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PfwHM-0002NT-DK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:18:28 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=50403 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PfwGs-00028q-1U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:17:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PfwGr-0004ZT-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:17:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:43628) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PfwGq-0004ZM-SP; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:17:56 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy27 with SMTP id 27so266164ewy.0 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:17:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ejhSxxwbLCNgo2TpvSi0bLGzK/TGqA5vdIy0KTWcGmA=; b=QOWtQjF/8Xa+FXq1fKDc1+yO1rVSJaVf/PLLF1SImYqPQ6yIc+m2YQ/fi9ZXRiRtCX itmUpEdcU3QsRssvySXEvn9dwDrhCtSzvqxJ4SkGnRoya32us3XN7zoIFAwI2yWZ+MoC fKUUCbZ/DueAnqAFQqqwkOdS9TtnLW2Ktpu5U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=qr2PQCL7MkVP1mgMarqdKjipfjU/TMjIVOvU8MFpsvybbZnScdb3bbJjI8i1cFMCkm sQ5xGYvXfrGtP+mGTRu+LDuJ1HlcytK/0DZIDz+T2//X62FhTuR3CgvDwQoBOYrgoXca zEh+SeegPpXmxeD4g2g5oPtpbicyCLGqLNDoo= Original-Received: by 10.14.119.206 with SMTP id n54mr164213eeh.40.1295536675683; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:17:55 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.14.127.207 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:17:55 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D373515.6010902@swipnet.se> X-Google-Sender-Auth: W7_q1Szs0OcDOqXG2AAK-q3Xw0k X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:134819 Archived-At: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Jan Dj=C3=A4rv wrote: > Sam Steingold skrev 2011-01-19 18.36: > >> I think you got it exactly wrong. >> autoconf - when used on _all_ platforms - is the solution. >> the _problem_ is that it is not used on some platforms (win32) and >> this is why emacs does not build on windows now. >> if autoconf were used on windows, emacs would have built ootb. > > OSX uses autoconf and doesn't build right now... it's not enough to have a magic bullet - you also have to know how to use i= t :-) (in this particular case - switching to gnulib is a non-trivial step, so some breakage is nigh inevitable). PS. Don't get me wrong: I am no expert in (and no fan of!) autoconf (and cygwin - hi, Eli!). It's merely a useful tool which made the pain of supporting clisp on windows tolerable. --=20 Sam Steingold