Re: it looks like make --win32 doesn't solve the problem.

[Steven Wu]

On Jun 1, 2006, at 5:17 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 00:28:06 -0700
> > From: "Steven Wu" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: address@hidden
> >
> > When using the --win32 flag, cygwin make uses cmd as makeshell, and
> > that causes other problems.
>
> What problems? please post the relevant parts of a build session.  The
> Windows makefiles are in general supposed to work with cmd as well as
> with a Unixy shell.
Remember the CVS Emacs build problem that you and I had exchanged a  
couple email? I had explained the problem due to cygwin make giving  
Unix like path which window native emacs could not follow.

here the is the error:
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make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp'
/cygdrive/c/dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp/../update-subdirs /cygdrive/c/ 
dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp; \
for file in calc calendar emacs-lisp emulation eshell gnus  
international language mail mh-e net obsolete play progmodes term  
textmodes toolbar url; do \
/cygdrive/c/dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp/../update-subdirs $file; \
done;
Directories: calc calendar emacs-lisp emulation eshell gnus  
international language mail mh-e net obsolete play progmodes
term textmodes toolbar url
"./../bin/emacs.exe" -batch --no-init-file --no-site-file --multibyte  
-l autoload \
--eval '(setq find-file-hook nil \
find-file-suppress-same-file-warnings t \
generated-autoload-file \
"/cygdrive/c/dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp/loaddefs.el")' \
-f batch-update-autoloads /cygdrive/c/dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp calc  
calendar emacs-lisp emulation eshell gnus in
ternational language mail mh-e net obsolete play progmodes term  
textmodes toolbar url
Cannot open load file: encoded-kb
Signal 127
make[1]: *** [autoloads] Error 255
make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/dev/emacs-src/emacs/lisp'
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