From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com>
Cc: 28601@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28601: 26.0.50; configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:38:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lgkfjeor.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vz1vajj5f50.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Andy Moreton on Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:52:27 +0100)
> From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:52:27 +0100
>
> >> MSYS2 is a rolling-release distribution, so any user who does not have
> >> an up to date installation would be well advised to update to current
> >> package versions before attempting to build emacs.
> >
> > I understand, but "advised" doesn't mean "forced", does it?
>
> No, in that things only get updated if you run pacman. However I thnk
> the first respone to "I have a problem" will be "update to current
> package versions".
I don't like requesting users to update all of their software just
because the bleeding edge has moved. Let's not forget that sometimes
(albeit rarely) upgrading to the latest and greatest can bring bugs.
In this case, the payment for allowing older MSYS2 is very small: a
single sentence. I think we should have that.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-13 14:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-25 20:02 bug#28601: 26.0.50; configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems Vincent Belaïche
2017-09-27 18:36 ` Glenn Morris
2017-09-27 19:07 ` Vincent Belaïche
2017-09-27 19:10 ` Vincent Belaïche
2017-09-27 21:37 ` Glenn Morris
2017-09-28 13:10 ` Andy Moreton
2017-09-29 9:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-12 23:06 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-13 6:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-13 10:14 ` Andy Moreton
2017-10-13 12:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-13 13:52 ` Andy Moreton
2017-10-13 14:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2017-10-13 16:33 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-13 17:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-13 17:51 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-13 18:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-13 18:52 ` windows build help Phillip Lord
2017-10-13 19:36 ` Óscar Fuentes
2017-10-13 19:38 ` Stephen Leake
2017-10-14 11:07 ` Phillip Lord
2017-10-14 15:15 ` Stephen Leake
2017-10-14 15:26 ` Phillip Lord
2017-10-14 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-10-14 23:04 ` Paul Eggert
2017-10-16 1:53 ` Richard Stallman
2017-10-16 6:49 ` Paul Eggert
2017-10-16 13:54 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-10-13 19:47 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-14 11:09 ` Phillip Lord
2017-10-13 14:09 ` bug#28601: 26.0.50; configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems Vincent Belaïche
2017-10-13 14:16 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-14 1:40 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-16 8:59 ` Vincent Belaïche
2017-10-16 14:23 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-16 17:11 ` Vincent Belaïche
2017-10-16 21:42 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-19 8:25 ` Vincent Belaïche
2017-11-08 2:37 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-11-08 16:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-08 17:42 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-11-08 18:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-08 19:23 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-11-08 19:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-16 14:40 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-11-16 16:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-11-21 19:44 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-10-16 16:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
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