From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "d.henman" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Failure in building Emacs 23.0.50 on Cygwin (fwd) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:27:52 +0900 Message-ID: <20070910072752.2496@blackhawk> References: <20070903075037.2652@blackhawk> <20070903092334.2296@blackhawk> <200709041620.l84GKRKJ026897@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200709042136.l84Lawms007683@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200709051738.l85HcYIp008041@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200709052022.l85KMftF014117@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200709052054.l85KsfQf015447@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200709061626.l86GQW6H018052@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <20070907082641.2052@blackhawk> <20070908160550.1764@blackhawk> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189378706 24350 80.91.229.12 (9 Sep 2007 22:58:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 22:58:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Angelo.Graziosi@roma1.infn.it, eliz@gnu.org, dann@ics.uci.edu, "d. henman" , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 10 08:58:12 2007 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 4.50) id 1IUckK-0003uQ-JM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:27:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUVFy-0007ZU-3P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:27:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IUVFv-0007ZP-61 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:27:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IUVFt-0007ZC-IL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:27:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUVFt-0007Z9-Dc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:27:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mail2.asahi-net.or.jp ([202.224.39.198] helo=mail.asahi-net.or.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IUVFm-0007DJ-Ao; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:27:42 -0400 Original-Received: from blackhawk (p047168.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp [221.113.47.168]) by mail.asahi-net.or.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78903C69E0; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:27:39 +0900 (JST) In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:14:08 -0400 X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.3; GNU Mailutils 1.2.1; GNU Emacs 22.1.50 X-Detected-Kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:78361 Archived-At: That's an option for personally owned computers, but, I don't have that option with customer's or employers' computers. I can and do suggest they change systems, but I can't make them do it. And its good to have emacs, other applications, and *nix tools, than not on these systems. Cygwin also helps those learn about what's going on before taking to them what seems a big step to os changing. Richard Stallman wrote: > Thanks from all of us unfortunate ones who have to use cygwin. > > You don't have to use Cygwin; you can replace Losedows with GNU/Linux > or BSD. Defenestrate your computer! >