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 18:18:38 +0300 Message-ID: <83k3m6t0dt.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87hahfysx4.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83a9n2uxn9.fsf@gnu.org> <87obbi2emd.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83ppvyt1zl.fsf@gnu.org> <87k3m62ca1.fsf@wanadoo.es> 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 1370618353 3244 80.91.229.3 (7 Jun 2013 15:19:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 15:19:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 07 17:19:12 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 1UkyRV-0006kJ-KV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:19:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59287 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkyRU-0003Gg-R1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:19:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58740) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkyRN-0003Ai-6o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:19:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkyRL-0005nb-2J for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:18:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:58821) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UkyRK-0005nH-QM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:18:54 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MO100A003NJVL00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:18:52 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MO100AKO3VGUJ30@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:18:52 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87k3m62ca1.fsf@wanadoo.es> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.169 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:160224 Archived-At: > 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 eas= ily > >> installing the required MinGW pieces. It takes less than one min= ute > >> of human work. I'll try to submit a patch to INSTALL.MSYS explai= ning > >> 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 procedur= es, > > even if they seem to work. >=20 > That is a misunderstanding that results from the poor wording on th= e > mingw-get-inst description. I'm quite sure I've read it from the MinGW maintainers. > Below is the patch that explains how to use mingw-get-inst plus som= e > corrections to the mingw-get part. Feel free to modify it as necess= ary. Feel free to install.