From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some comments on the MSYS-based build Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:51:53 +0200 Message-ID: <87d2rxr6dy.fsf@wanadoo.es> 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> <87d2ry2b2h.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83hah9u4iv.fsf@gnu.org> <87hah9r8h1.fsf@wanadoo.es> <837gi5u0lh.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370638338 24559 80.91.229.3 (7 Jun 2013 20:52:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 20:52:18 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 07 22:52:19 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 1Ul3du-0005SZ-1d for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:52:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41502 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul3dt-0005Ge-KG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:52:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58089) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul3dq-0005Ff-FS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:52:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul3dn-0003wK-2k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:52:10 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:49451) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul3dm-0003wE-SQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:52:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ul3di-0005Gy-9V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:52:02 +0200 Original-Received: from 237.red-83-43-53.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([83.43.53.237]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:52:02 +0200 Original-Received: from ofv by 237.red-83-43-53.dynamicip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:52:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 237.red-83-43-53.dynamicip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4oztsnmEOOooHD2NtGcJIdgMqfo= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:160254 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> >> The key word in Earnie's message is *updating*. Indeed, mingw-get-inst >> >> is not intended for updating, only for installing. >> > >> > Then we shouldn't tell them to use it for installing, either. >> >> Why? > > Because they will then use it for updating as well. We can mention the restriction on INSTALL.MSYS and hopefully the MinGW guys will modify the installer for disallowing updates. Furthermore, nothing terrible happens if you accidentally reuse mingw-get-inst: just wipe all the MinGW directory and reinstall. mingw-get-inst makes installing mingw+msys a breeze. It is a waste to not take advantage from it. BTW, mingw-get-inst is the recommended method for installing MinGW: http://mingw.org/wiki/Getting_Started "An automated GUI first time installer tool called mingw-get-inst is currently the preferred method of installation."