From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Old (static) builds of Emacs Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:21:45 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877dfavmzw.fsf@posteo.net> <87y278ieeh.fsf@posteo.net> <875yu9pb9u.fsf_-_@posteo.net> <87a6jko9xn.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38193"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Philip Kaludercic Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 07 23:23:02 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mYaqy-0009dX-LL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 23:23:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38068 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mYaqw-0008OO-MP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:22:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45952) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mYaq5-0007hU-FY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:22:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:52150) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mYaq2-0005gw-4b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2021 17:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 6D2CE4407D8; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 17:21:59 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 153104407F3; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 17:21:58 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1633641718; bh=ByUz6YSrgnVtpCGte8tS3Q84t4t6rvc8ZW7qCYQIFwI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=pB1bPYC0h54pX1MlmdsVuT/SsURIWjPJ3A+z11M6aEQpG+6VY2Pk83FHMKWHQ+kA7 GB6HImCJ4lMAWoZDUct69cD3XTcx2iGpK98IK+HYGduy5aYjtI2ZTSTcTYODknSpCz k/gCy4HUFXNTFcQEVHKXq0kLh7490insV5S+9aMJVMA9rkN198Rn/n7hXzpv/sMBpt LKaWtvma8940OxQ2hX8ed06+i0gOcu9CTA0e1BFIhsCjoszyGQRir1dcMyr8r/FciL 3lLHIsj6LFrImPBs/roi0zZ0poseot49NbnWrFOT8ojJ6jBQqcvIzCcRyhBvk+Zvkn qoIKJ7aeKVKsw== Original-Received: from milanesa (modemcable004.216-203-24.mc.videotron.ca [24.203.216.4]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC773120208; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 17:21:57 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87a6jko9xn.fsf@posteo.net> (Philip Kaludercic's message of "Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:29:40 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:276521 Archived-At: Philip Kaludercic [2021-10-07 20:29:40] wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: >>> So before I have to set up virtual machines with older distributions, I >>> was wondering if anyone knew of an archive with pre-build, preferably >>> static, Emacs builds. >> >> FWIW, I keep older versions of Emacs in my Debian install by tweaking >> the .deb files to eliminate the conflicts. > > And they still run? Yup. > I tried extracting a executable from an old package, > but it immediately failed. I can't remember having had such problems, FWIW. Stefan