From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: cannot build on w32 Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:16:52 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1295453828 11473 80.91.229.12 (19 Jan 2011 16:17:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:17:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 19 17:17:03 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PfaiR-0004Rr-VE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:17:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45514 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PfaiR-00017B-9E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:16:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54959 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PfaiM-000176-M4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:16:55 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PfaiL-00054u-OH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:16:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:42460) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PfaiL-00054g-Jn; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:16:53 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy27 with SMTP id 27so483064ewy.0 for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:16:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=4axlD1n3FHO+YM2FAEVnEEaYvju9gfmxfgBE1mTdQR8=; b=p5zHBxIbyHuHX1881l+p8ZDoUHFpr6OGvGlpPoFE5x/tzNOpFHBRXIRVa9/Q0uK0MT JlCT9C39iwtbpShPvuYJZoQnENbkVo6qIY1LdsxWG5PuEHeFhHBfRqi57gEaKyvYynGr I27GrePv8U9SiB26O5khBCPfUrTZo3KPBTkoo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=T9SVzZUrmRj2H6Ge8zfwpG5krtC/DAXsx8aVYbKEmtnF7ouMT/1LjWtD4oIS0HsD+y O0SqzzqmeN8k3SLujA9oYg7k94Z4PtLrHCy6MSDzEkUI8d7vV6ZAz0p5kmmm1x5FgqMf 1mc/LzAUmG1WAutFOi2bdOlINtnDIb4KHqfFk= Original-Received: by 10.14.126.141 with SMTP id b13mr1004042eei.47.1295453812678; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:16:52 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.14.127.207 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:16:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: gKBbFfm9e7baBZ-h4m-l5cQJvko X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:134756 Archived-At: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:05:26 -0500 >> From: Sam Steingold >> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org >> >> fwiw, I use gnulib modules in clisp on both windows and unix and I use >> the same autoconf-created configure files on unix and windows alike >> identically. >> (except that I to "./configure CC='gcc -mno-cygwin'" on win32). >> this saves me an extra effort of maintaining a separate build system on windows. > > Sorry, requiring Emacs users on Windows install Cygwin just to build > Emacs is out of question. 1. you don't need cygwin, just mingw. 2. people who _build_ emacs themselves usually already have cygwin > (And for building on a single platform, autoconf is overkill anyway, IMO.) that's what autoconf is for: so that you do not have to have a separate build systems for various platforms. it is weird to use autoconf for some platforms but not others. -- Sam Steingold