[AUCTeX-devel] How did you compile Emacs?

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

I got this from David. Is there anyone here that has compiled Emacs on 
MS Windows using MSYS?

David Kastrup wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup wrote:
>>> MSYS is basically a boxed set of everything you'll likely need for
>>> autoconf (modulo compilers).  We recommend using it with AUCTeX.  It
>>> turns out that it still makes a formidable chore for most people to
>>> install all that and call autoconf, configure, make and so on.
>>
>> Have you recently looked into the possibility of compiling Emacs
>> using MSYS bash?
>
> Neither recently nor ever.  However, we had AUCTeX developers compile
> Emacs for distribution with AUCTeX frequently for a while, so if you
> need pointers, it might be an idea to ask on address@hidden