From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Windows Binaries Release: was The emacs-28 release branch Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:26:29 +0100 Message-ID: <871r4fafa2.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <83lf3dgbl3.fsf@gnu.org> <87tuhz1kqt.fsf@russet.org.uk> <87v92ebcs1.fsf@yahoo.com> <87zgroipcj.fsf@russet.org.uk> <0a4342e2a4c96b7fc9a0257b3028795f708deb46.camel@yandex.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8334"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Po Lu , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Konstantin Kharlamov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 20 17:27:55 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1mdDVR-0001t4-5X for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:27:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37128 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mdDVP-0001VR-8D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:27:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35108) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mdDU9-0008UE-Mx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:26:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [78.129.138.227] (port=41884 helo=cloud103.planethippo.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mdDU8-00065o-77 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:26:33 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender :Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=BuXF13H7IG6DR8U/5yBDuWj9ilqkbRUIJsErdmcaozk=; b=l0aKnDhMx/o2nah1eTMKNOX2Go 1146a7ojSWEmAuZ/zivOHeTkeLPsMj9C6zouJ1zw7KWWsDFdNKS/ofR3/IU8/C+z4Q7bTyyLjMOMQ j3mMBb29SsKj9yG+EpNLsxPRY6nxhoJx0YP/Ns+pOgQyJVFeuQPn7/Euyedy//jCV+oKxBAo/bKEH RnbU8WOInBydJE7VPSs4/QKqJZ4/cF18MoDv4G/fJccfXQrbdPZxvNuCpFVCET+UywI8w7kCuejBK p0xGzt+eHCE9ar0ae6pFEewCPq6Jn6+0SALbn7ZIu9UeY5JeWaqm5SnOoyePKgjKCr9aLVBCjv/7L ID/IkESQ==; Original-Received: from janus-nat-128-240-225-62.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.225.62]:11582 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mdDU7-002kp6-Hn; Wed, 20 Oct 2021 16:26:30 +0100 In-Reply-To: <0a4342e2a4c96b7fc9a0257b3028795f708deb46.camel@yandex.ru> (Konstantin Kharlamov's message of "Sat, 16 Oct 2021 23:24:34 +0300") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 78.129.138.227 (failed) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=78.129.138.227; envelope-from=phillip.lord@russet.org.uk; helo=cloud103.planethippo.com X-Spam_score_int: 1 X-Spam_score: 0.1 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (0.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_05=-0.5, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RDNS_NONE=0.793, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:277452 Archived-At: Konstantin Kharlamov writes: >> >=20 >> > Thanks for your effort.=C2=A0 One question though: can the builds be m= ade >> > with Wine or ReactOS and an entirely free toolchain? >>=20 >>=20 >> No, not to my knowledge. Emacs does not cross-compile. It has to be >> built on Windows, using msys2 and mingw64. The toolchain is free, the >> operating system is not. > > FWIW, neither of them counts as cross-compilation. A Windows app run > under WINE sees the usual Windows environment, except it is actually > simulated. Running msys2 and mingw64 under WINE would count as "native > compilation". Indeed, this would seem correct to me. In which case, I would revise my answer from "I know that it wouldn't work" to "I don't know that it does (or does not) work". Emacs mostly does run under wine and I sometimes test it there. Phil