From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: more obsoletion threats again?? Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:58:19 +0300 Message-ID: <831vnup078.fsf@gnu.org> References: <93c172b50908020927i32ec3ff2u14ef55e501a936bf@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249235917 14930 80.91.229.12 (2 Aug 2009 17:58:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 17:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Rugxulo Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 02 19:58:30 2009 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 1MXfKH-0003g5-MX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:58:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43265 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXfKH-0008Gw-1w for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:58:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXfKB-0008GD-Eo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:58:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MXfKA-0008Fl-0z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:58:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48187 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MXfK9-0008Fi-RA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:58:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:65001) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MXfK9-0001pc-C6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:58:21 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KNR00I00GGXEI00@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:58:19 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.127.47.43]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KNR00BCLGL7OBH0@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:58:19 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <93c172b50908020927i32ec3ff2u14ef55e501a936bf@mail.gmail.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 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:113558 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:27:34 -0500 > From: Rugxulo > > "** The following platforms will be removed in a future Emacs version: > If you are still using Emacs on one of these platforms, please email > emacs-devel@gnu.org to inform the Emacs developers. > > ... > > *** Platforms not supporting shared libraries (i.e., requiring the > NO_SHARED_LIBS compilation flag)." > > > Um, against whom and why exactly is that being done? (I smell a rat.) > Yes, okay, so DOS and DJGPP don't exactly support shared libraries Relax, the DJGPP (a.k.a. DOS) build of Emacs does not require the NO_SHARED_LIBS compilation flag (src/s/msdos.h does not define it). So if someone wants to obsolete the DOS build, NO_SHARED_LIBS is not the reason ;-)