Re: Boostrap error

["Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> Jan D. wrote:

>> FWIW, setting buildlisppath to the real DOS path worked for me, i.e.
>>
>> > make buildlisppath=c:/dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp
>>
>> for the case above.  I don't know if there is a cygwin command to 
>> convert a cygwin path to a DOS path, but if there is, this could be 
>> done in the nt/makefile.
>>
>>     Jan D.
>>
> We have tried that before, there are different versions of cygpath that 
> are command-line compatible so it causes more problems than it solves. 

Too bad, it is the most general solution, but I guess it is too cygwin 
version specific.

Anyway, what I suggested is for a regular build only, for a bootstrap 
one has to add lisp=c:/dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp to the make command.

I think it is something worth adding to nt/INSTALL, it is a better 
advice than "dont use cygwin make".  After all, Stefans patch only 
handles the case where the cygwin prefix is just /cygdrive, which it 
isn't for me, but I've changed it to that for the test.  I also have c: 
and d: mounted on /c and /d respectively (I don't know how common that 
is, but the cygwin documentation suggests it), so I don't use the cygwin 
prefix paths, but for this test I did.

 > It would be far more useful to us if someone tried Stefan's patch
 > instead of suggesting other workarounds.

Stefans patch has a syntax error (one parentesis too many in 
w32-cygdrive-run-real-handler), but apart from that, it fails with:

"./../bin/emacs.exe" -batch --no-init-file --no-site-file --multibyte -l 
autoload \
         --eval '(setq find-file-hook nil \
                 find-file-suppress-same-file-warnings t \
                 generated-autoload-file \
                   "/cygdrive/d/src/emacs-cygwin/lisp/loaddefs.el")' \
         -f batch-update-autoloads /cygdrive/d/src/emacs-cygwin/lisp 
calc calendar emacs-lisp emulation eshell gnus international language 
mail mh-e net obsolete
  play progmodes term textmodes toolbar url
Wrong number of arguments: #<subr expand-file-name>, 3
Signal 127
make[1]: *** [autoloads] Error 255
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/d/src/emacs-cygwin/lisp'
make: *** [bootstrap-gmake] Error 2

That lisp section is a bit over my head, so I did not find an apparent fix.

	Jan D.