Re: compiling emacs using cygwin

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 17:15:00 +0100
> From: David R <angel_ov_north@tiscali.co.uk>
> 
> So I thought that doing a build would be as easy as building ruby.
> I was very much wrong.  3 hours later.
> [...]
> "./../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)' \
>               -f w32-batch-update-autoloads 
> "/cygdrive/c/temp/emacs/lisp/loaddefs.el" . calc calendar emacs-lisp 
> emulation erc eshell gnus international language mail mh-e net play 
> progmodes term textmodes url
> Cannot open load file: encoded-kb
> 
> make[1]: *** [autoloads] Error 255
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/temp/emacs/lisp'
> make: *** [bootstrap-gmake] Error 2

Are you using the Cygwin Make?  If so, please make sure your Make
version is one of those known to be compatible with the Emacs build
process, listed in nt/INSTALL.  Note that for Make 3.80 you will need
to uncomment 3 lines in nt/gmake.defs, as mentioned in nt/INSTALL.