Re: Building 22.1, on Ubuntu

[Richard G Riley]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> In fact, the main complaint people have with the build procedure
>>> appears to be that it _still_ builds something useful even in
>>> severely limited build environments.
>>
>> I haven't see that complaint, I must admit.
>
> Then you have not followed the thread: Dave Pawson complained that the

I have followed the thread.

> Emacs he managed to compile with minimal libraries did not support
> X11.  And he complained over several iterations that what he compiled
> seemed sub-par to him, because Emacs compiled something as good as
> possible considering the available libraries.

That and what you said might be interpreted differently. He got what he
asked for. It was not what he WANTED, but it is what he asked for in
terms of the compile input. A polite push in the right direction was
then needed. I think this thread has indeed run it's length.