From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Help: build emacs in cygwin Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:04:27 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20070308160119.496@henman-np.b-eng.it.to-be.co.jp> <45F27C91.2060702@swipnet.se> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1173553478 15618 80.91.229.12 (10 Mar 2007 19:04:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:04:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: offby1@blarg.net, rms@gnu.org, henman@it.to-be.co.jp, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 10 20:04:34 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 1HQ6ro-00074B-KA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:04:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HQ6sD-0000B7-4D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:04:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HQ6s0-0000A3-NB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:04:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HQ6ry-00008u-MW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:04:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HQ6ry-00008r-Hf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:04:42 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il ([213.8.233.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HQ6rU-000831-HY; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:04:12 -0500 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-99-47.inter.net.il [80.230.99.47]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3a-GA) with ESMTP id GGP64407 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:04:06 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <45F27C91.2060702@swipnet.se> (message from =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:38:25 +0100) X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.7-5.2 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.4) (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:67689 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:38:25 +0100 > From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Jan_Dj=E4rv?= > Cc: offby1@blarg.net, Eli Zaretskii , henman@it.to-be.co.jp, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > Can we, should we, implement something that gives a simple error message > > when you try to build this way? Or when you try to configure this way? > > We can. But a later cygwin may fix the problem, so it seems that a warning > would be more appropriate. I agree. Since either the build or the produced binary eventually fails, that manifestation provides all the error message one could need.