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: Some comments on the MSYS-based build Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:25:23 +0300 Message-ID: <83ip1qt02k.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87hahfysx4.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83a9n2uxn9.fsf@gnu.org> <87obbi2emd.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83ppvyt1zl.fsf@gnu.org> <87k3m62ca1.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83k3m6t0dt.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370618753 8230 80.91.229.3 (7 Jun 2013 15:25:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 15:25:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ofv@wanadoo.es Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 07 17:25:53 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1UkyY4-0004iJ-Uv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:25:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34166 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkyY4-0005R7-Hx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:25:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60384) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkyXu-0005Oe-4J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:25:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkyXs-00083G-LW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:25:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:40220) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkyXs-000837-Dc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:25:40 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MO1000003E3IP00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:25:39 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MO10004I46QLM10@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:25:38 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <83k3m6t0dt.fsf@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:160225 Archived-At: > Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:18:38 +0300 > From: Eli Zaretskii > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org >=20 > > From: =D3scar Fuentes > > Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:03:50 +0200 > >=20 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > >=20 > > >> > I removed the "GUI" part. > > >>=20 > > >> IMO mingw-get-inst is far more convenient than mingw-get for e= asily > > >> installing the required MinGW pieces. It takes less than one m= inute > > >> of human work. I'll try to submit a patch to INSTALL.MSYS expl= aining > > >> where to get and how to use mingw-get-inst for building Emacs. > > > > > > MinGW people say that mingw-get-inst is only for installing > > > mingw-get. I don't think we should invent our own MinGW proced= ures, > > > even if they seem to work. > >=20 > > That is a misunderstanding that results from the poor wording on = the > > mingw-get-inst description. >=20 > I'm quite sure I've read it from the MinGW maintainers. Here, directly from the horse's mouth: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=3D30735128 I really don't want to start contradicting what they say.