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Re: Windows emacs-25.1 i686 vs x86_64?


From: John Mastro
Subject: Re: Windows emacs-25.1 i686 vs x86_64?
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 09:26:45 -0700

> After examining both main emacs packages, I think I figured out the obscure 
> naming conventions: 'i686' refers to the 32-bit version, while 'x86_64' 
> refers to the 64-bit version. So this answers my first question.
> 
> I have no intention of doing so, but I still wonder whether the "deps" 
> package is intended for *BUILDING* emacs, or if it provides runtime binary 
> support for some of the more obscure elisp facilities.

They're runtime dependencies for several optional features. 

        John





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