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Re: compiling emacs using cygwin
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Eric Hanchrow |
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Re: compiling emacs using cygwin |
Date: |
Sat, 26 May 2007 13:35:12 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (gnu/linux) |
I've found building Emacs on Windows to be difficult, although I've
written down what works on
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/BuildingOnWindowsTableofContents.
You seem to be trying to build a "native Windows" binary, as opposed
to a Cygwin binary. Is that right? If so, I suggest you use MingW
and follow the instructions at
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/BuildingCvsWThirtyTwoMingw -- it
works for me. If that fails, you can always try getting a pre-built
binary from
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ntemacs/ntemacs22-bin-20070102.exe?download
-- it's a few months old but the binaries at that site have always
worked fine for me.
If you want to build a Cygwin binary, install gcc 4 from source (yes,
that's a pain, but it works "out of the box") and then build Emacs
with the usual Unix-style "./configure; make" (i.e., use ./configure
instead of nt/configure.bat).
--
Keaton, Chaplin, Garbo - let them now make room for Gromit.
A. O. Scott, in The New York Times