Lennart Borgman wrote:


> I have attached a version I sent to Emacs Devel earlier with some
> corrections to Stefans code. It also handles path like /c. I have tested it
> with MSYS which uses such paths, but I have not tested the build process
> yet. (Since it takes such a long time on this very old pc.)


If I cd to /cygdrive/d/src/emacs-cygwin and make bootstrap I get the old 
message abount encoded-kb not found.

If I cd to /d/src/emacs-cygwin and make bootstrap I get:

"./../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 \
                   "/d/src/emacs-cygwin/lisp/loaddefs.el")' \
         -f batch-update-autoloads /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
handler expand-file-name (subdirs.el /:/d/src/emacs-cygwin/lisp)
Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil
Signal 127
make[1]: *** [autoloads] Error 255
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d/src/emacs-cygwin/lisp'
make: *** [bootstrap-gmake] Error 2

	Jan D.