From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Emacs build on Windows: Prerequisites Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:28:54 +0530 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1172667561 19232 80.91.229.12 (28 Feb 2007 12:59:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:59:21 +0000 (UTC) To: "Emacs Devel" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 28 13:59:11 2007 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 4.50) id 1HMOOk-0008Dj-JT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:59:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOOl-0003AA-7Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:59:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOOZ-00038z-Bl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:58:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOOX-00035d-7o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:58:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HMOOX-00035a-0e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.175]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HMOOW-0003Vn-Jj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:58:56 -0500 Original-Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j3so115689ugf for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:58:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=SfLExxJ1kFDm+7J2oonz5TpOvRN/oXWlhN0stjRbeOJXlqm+c16/Th+qwvvVEmcRzTDUq1FPRUNPbEZa3ub9wvbS+v8xJxN5FWMhNswxA3y8Al1gE4IG8KrcXP2TddUkIozE6rNeB1I+fevZF+6IJhucYhMgt4amSew5nBcJnyY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=cUyCKTYiqTO2TP7CKf0TgXv59AVbrOqDbyYnEfxKJaD+fCbFGEzj5wjlmjPLVTYhnky8Fv4vKMN9wLgKFQQiRXipb20UeHu1zvd9zLG+OKIiwunzBI2JlTlpPCfT64yn6zLf86vWV6VDNCO3w60ySNSTwTPZxvgnLwmkUKHrKpw= Original-Received: by 10.78.205.7 with SMTP id c7mr35416hug.1172667535028; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:58:55 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.78.154.2 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:58:54 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 (Google crawlbot) 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:67027 Archived-At: Hi, I have been building emacs on windows so far with no issues as I had all the required executables in place. I had to move to a new machine and realized that I did not have some of the UNIX shell utilities (ex: cp, rm..) on my windows box. Why should Emacs build on windows need those tools? Why can't it use the windows equivalents? This will make it easier for me to build. Is there any particular reason to make the availability of the UNIX commands mandatory? with best regards, dhruva -- Dhruva Krishnamurthy Contents reflect my personal views only!