Re: Help: build emacs in cygwin

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
> From: Eric Hanchrow <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:49:35 -0800
> 
> >>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>     >> Uh oh.  I suggested that only because nt/INSTALL says
>     >>
>     >> (If you are building from CVS, say "make bootstrap" or "nmake
>     >> bootstrap" instead, and avoid using Cygwin make.)
> 
>     Eli> nt/INSTALL does not cover the Cygwin build, it only covers
>     Eli> the native Windows builds.  
> 
> Ah, I think we misunderstood each other, which is actually good: _I_
> was referring to building a native Windows version of Emacs, _using_
> the Cygwin tools (in particular, Cygwin gcc).

But the OP was referring to a Cygwin build, not a native Windows
build.

> I've found that works fine, as long as I don't use Cygwin's "make".

That's true.