Re: Some error info from configure.bat please

[Lennart Borgman]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:

> The problem is, I don't think that checking tools is a good strategy,
> on the long term. Different versions sometimes work or cease to work.
> I was able to build the Emacs info files with Cygwin for a while, and
> after some update or other the thing failed. Me, I've assembled a .ZIP
> with the tools needed (except MinGW, which I install separately), and
> I unzip it wherever I want to compile Emacs. They are completely
> separated of other installations of Unix tools that I may have on my
> computer, and for sure I don't intend to change anything inside it
> unless a future Emacs requires an upgrade (as Jason said, that
> sometimes happens with make-info).
>  
Maybe different strategies are needed for different times. I have 
noticed the careful notes in INSTALL about certain parts of the tools. 
Perhaps that could be extended a bit. I see three different current tool 
packages on w32: GnuWin32, CygWin and MSYS+MinGW. I am not sure about 
UnxUtilites, are they maintained? Staying with one of those for a 
particular purposes may be the best.

In my case I have decided to go with GnuWin32+MinGW when building Emacs. 
For run time program I am thinking about using MSYS instead since 
sometimes sh is needed. (However I have not been able to build with 
MSYS.) I've learned the hard way you should not mix the tools so if I am 
using MSYS I make sure I put that first in the path (for example by 
using (add-to-list <msys-path> 'exec-path) in Emacs). Currently I have 
MSYS installed, but it is not on my path (except for sometimes inside 
Emacs).

> > I never noticed any programs named "info" or "install-info" was needed
> > when doing this. What are you referring to?
> >    
>
> Sorry, info is not needed, I think. install-info is. Look at
> nt/multi-install-info.bat.
Eh, sorry too. I have it, the installation packages from GnuWin32 works 
rathers seemlessly ;-)