From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: martin rudalics Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19989: 25.0.50; Build instructions on Windows Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 11:04:46 +0100 Message-ID: <54FC1EBE.6080703@gmx.at> References: <83pp8ppgvw.fsf@gnu.org> <20150305211821.GA2915@math.berkeley.edu> <83lhjao7fr.fsf@gnu.org> <54F971AD.2050907@gmx.at> <83d24mo1xi.fsf@gnu.org> <54F9F7A4.5000205@gmx.at> <83sidilyev.fsf@gnu.org> <54FAC7A8.7040801@gmx.at> <837futm8ca.fsf@gnu.org> <54FAD2C7.2030309@gmx.at> <20150308060707.GA32312@math.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1425809182 25934 80.91.229.3 (8 Mar 2015 10:06:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 10:06:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19989@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ilya Zakharevich Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 08 11:06:12 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YUY66-0002wm-T6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 11:06:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38231 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUY66-0002Fp-Ab for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:06:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34634) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUY61-0002Ec-U8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:06:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUY5x-0008Fl-U2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40590) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YUY5x-0008Fh-Qi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:06:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUY5x-0003ND-Ko for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:06:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: martin rudalics Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19989 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19989-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19989.142580911012901 (code B ref 19989); Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19989) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Mar 2015 10:05:10 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39158 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUY57-0003M0-LU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:05:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:57069) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YUY55-0003LP-P8 for 19989@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 06:05:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [178.191.143.22] ([178.191.143.22]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0Lbd9v-1XlL2R1VXv-00lFj8; Sun, 08 Mar 2015 11:04:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20150308060707.GA32312@math.berkeley.edu> X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:PWRi4xsRKQBHHi+kd9pvVgJ3/TYbUlxQH/CU7RS1FwjTFLf5eim +gO2SIwJVVB5OVpYkZjgB35sD3mMrKYRspyoRbScLNOflNRKY0dmN16lgTYVVRI1V3x8X6I PcrXSi77WQLMLmxrAzwRk7TXjDYnhyq7/AmZQEj5AItzbKSMbHikLsmBSzP+0TqkRIp3zO0 qhzSVsDPoQKryqITNIIiQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1; X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:100262 Archived-At: >> The problem is that most users are trying to be clever. At least I d= id >> and AFAICT Ilya did too. > > Yes=E2=80=89=E2=80=94=E2=80=89the first 8 times. The last try was by = following the > instructions literally (as close as I can after 9 hours of > unsuccessful trying). > >> That's of no help. What's really needed is a >> stubborn, dense person who complains immediately when something doesn= 't >> work out as written in INSTALL. > > This is exactly what I do. You didn't. Otherwise, you would have started right away "by following the instructions literally". And an important guideline is: Never do anything extraneous when following INSTALL instructions. Unfortunately, installers likes those for mingw/msys offer too many pitfalls in this area. Especially when resolving dependencies. martin