From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#55930: 29.0.50; Removing some items from Emacs FAQ for MS Windows Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 21:36:54 +0300 Message-ID: <83edztvid5.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86fsk9buyr.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1912"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 55930@debbugs.gnu.org To: Arash Esbati Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 12 20:39:58 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o0SVB-0000Jo-RC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 20:39:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60516 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0SVA-0001DZ-NE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:39:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48170) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0STK-0007Ci-8b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:38:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:34355) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0STK-0000Yq-10 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o0STJ-0001vM-TQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:38:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:38:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55930 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 55930-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55930.16550590527357 (code B ref 55930); Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:38:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55930) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jun 2022 18:37:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56485 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o0SSf-0001uK-0I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:37:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:34930) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o0SSa-0001u4-D2 for 55930@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:37:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:50618) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0SSU-0000WV-R7 for 55930@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:37:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=JOfJOoD1io5WEEBpeZS/VZzzMGuYcejIWJl1Uog5caw=; b=VUT7ubfCf7dq QGCCeqQuyH4Hu9SguRylJoBUn36BAqFx9EgaEAUlVWgiz6QeIV+Ed2A3dipfzHDmR7pfcXc08FY4I qNKNjHoZaYTR5zQoyUr4NLLNSjoBLvLSJirzMbyxL8KiSjrFyAk90SzwQYD8VkY+58PqvVFGgcBqv cp+oDvAM599h9m+86r9blPdWhx8jhYf0z1HPwt55nwVpAYF0qnyCfx95uHU+IIs4Mdj1QpY+Q+oTj uIA1aiNPzbPX4/JragSP0gvz2kL7CzCouUKbqJjgcY0WdgX3Jv0b1P+bBvmHkq6wl9cgbriiFXgfD U/XokGSOcye7iR2v3DObFw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=1093 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o0SSU-00070L-48; Sun, 12 Jun 2022 14:37:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <86fsk9buyr.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Arash Esbati on Sun, 12 Jun 2022 20:25:00 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:234371 Archived-At: > From: Arash Esbati > Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 20:25:00 +0200 > > I'd like to ask it makes sense to remove some items from FAQ for MS > Windows in "11 Other useful ports"[1], namely: > > 11.4 UWIN > http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/uwin/ > > UWIN is another POSIX emulation environment, like Cygwin and MSYS, > that provides a large number of ported tools. The shell used by UWIN > is ksh, the Korn shell. > > The link is gone. I did a quick search but could not find a > replacement. If it's gone, it should be removed from the FAQ, IMO. > 11.5 GnuWin32 > > http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ > > GnuWin32 provides precompiled native Windows ports of a wide selection > of Free software and libraries. Unfortunately, the ports are > outdated. > > Outdated means last announcement is from 2010, the project looks > dormant. It is indeed dormant, but some of its ports are nowhere to be found as native MS-Windows executables. Coreutils, for example. > Maybe an entry for Msys2 should be added? I can send a proposal, but > before that, I'd like to know how people think about it. I hope you mean MinGW64 executables here. MSYS2 executables are just like Cygwin: they aren't native Windows binaries, and have some subtle compatibility problems. Yes, if you can come up with a list of MinGW64 ports that are available from the MSYS2 folks, by all means suggest a patch for the FAQ. Thanks.