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[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r104044: nt/INSTALL: More details abo
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Eli Zaretskii |
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[Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r104044: nt/INSTALL: More details about problems with MSYS Bash. |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:28:51 +0300 |
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revno: 104044
fixes bug(s): http://debbugs.gnu.org/8564
committer: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
branch nick: trunk
timestamp: Thu 2011-04-28 23:28:51 +0300
message:
nt/INSTALL: More details about problems with MSYS Bash.
modified:
nt/INSTALL
=== modified file 'nt/INSTALL'
--- a/nt/INSTALL 2011-04-28 17:25:14 +0000
+++ b/nt/INSTALL 2011-04-28 20:28:51 +0000
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
use the normal installation instructions, ../INSTALL.
If you have a Cygwin or MSYS port of Bash on your Path, you will be
- better off removing it from PATH.
+ better off removing it from PATH. (For details, search for "MSYS
+ sh.exe" below.)
1. Change to the `nt' directory (the directory of this file):
@@ -132,11 +133,14 @@
for example). Also see the Trouble-shooting section below if you
decide to go ahead and use Cygwin make.
- In addition, using 4NT or TCC as your shell is known to fail the build
- process, at least since 4NT version 3.01. Use CMD.EXE, the default
- Windows shell, instead. MSYS sh.exe also appears to cause various
- problems. If you have MSYS installed, try "make SHELL=cmd.exe" to
- force the use of cmd.exe instead of sh.exe.
+ In addition, using 4NT or TCC as your shell is known to fail the
+ build process, at least since 4NT version 3.01. Use CMD.EXE, the
+ default Windows shell, instead. MSYS sh.exe also appears to cause
+ various problems, e.g., it is known to cause failures in commands
+ like "cmd /c FOO" in the Makefiles, because it thinks "/c" is a
+ Unix-style file name that needs conversion to the Windows format.
+ If you have MSYS installed, try "make SHELL=cmd.exe" to force the
+ use of cmd.exe instead of the MSYS sh.exe.
sh exists no sh
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