From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 28601@debbugs.gnu.org, Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com>
Subject: bug#28601: 26.0.50; configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:33:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV-_r3y_uK6fmaCe+Y77=C2r+MU2WNjcAH2z4qBob-2N+6g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83lgkfjeor.fsf@gnu.org>
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 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.
I think the 'pacman -S msys2-launcher' should work for older MSYS2
without upgrading other packages, but then again, maybe not. There's
no practical way of testing older versions in the rolling release
model.
I suppose mentioning the bat file shouldn't be too much trouble (see attached).
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From 5c0db728358dff0d801b49d6f17f93ec6044471b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:01:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH v2] * nt/INSTALL.W64: Use mingw64.exe instead of
mingw64_shell.bat.
---
nt/INSTALL.W64 | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/nt/INSTALL.W64 b/nt/INSTALL.W64
index 841660b..651e3d5 100644
--- a/nt/INSTALL.W64
+++ b/nt/INSTALL.W64
@@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ put the Emacs source into C:\emacs\emacs-25:
Now you're ready to build and install Emacs with autogen, configure, make,
and make install.
-First we need to switch to the MinGW-w64 environment. Exit the MSYS2 BASH
-console and run mingw64_shell.bat in the C:\msys64 folder, then cd back to
-your Emacs source directory, e.g.:
+First we need to switch to the MinGW-w64 environment. Exit the MSYS2
+BASH console and run mingw64.exe in the C:\msys64 folder (if it's
+missing, install it with 'pacman -S msys2-launcher'. Or for very old
+installs which have mingw64_shell.bat, use that instead), then cd
+back to your Emacs source directory, e.g.:
cd /c/emacs/emacs-25
--
2.6.2.windows.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-13 16:33 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
2017-10-13 16:33 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
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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