Re: GNU Emacs (Head CVS): Build fail

[Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net>]

    Hello,
     GNU Emacs 21.3.50 (Latest CVS) build fails on W2K using MinGW32 gcc
     compiler.

    cmd>gmake bootstrap
    ....
    ....
    Saving file e:/emacs/emacs/lisp/loaddefs.el...
    Loading vc-cvs (source)...
    Key sequence M - g uses invalid prefix characters
    [1] + Done(134) ?
      956   Abort   ./../bin/emacs.exe
    gmake[1]: *** [autoloads] Error 134
    gmake[1]: Leaving directory `E:/emacs/emacs/lisp'
    gmake: *** [bootstrap-gmake] Error 2

Try this patch:

    cd /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/lisp/
    diff -wu /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/lisp/dired.el.\~1.267.\~ /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/lisp/dired.el
    --- /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/lisp/dired.el.~1.267.~	2003-09-12 04:34:57.000000000 -0700
    +++ /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/lisp/dired.el	2003-09-12 05:01:07.000000000 -0700
    @@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
         (define-key map "f" 'dired-find-file)
         (define-key map "\C-m" 'dired-advertised-find-file)
         (define-key map "g" 'revert-buffer)
    -    (define-key map "M-g" 'dired-goto-file)
    +    (define-key map "\M-g" 'dired-goto-file)
         (define-key map "h" 'describe-mode)
         (define-key map "i" 'dired-maybe-insert-subdir)
         (define-key map "k" 'dired-do-kill-lines)

    Diff finished at Fri Sep 12 05:02:26

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