Re: 64-bit build on Windows

[Phillip Lord]

Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> writes:
> I've been able to build 64-bit Emacs on Windows with MSYS2. Generally,
> things went smoothly, except for a couple of small problems.
>
>
> This fragment in nt/INSTALL.64:
>
>   Note also that we need to disable Imagemagick because Emacs does not yet
>   support it on Windows.
>
>     PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig \
>     ./configure --prefix=/c/emacs/emacs-25 --without-imagemagick
>
> is entirely correct, but confusing if you happen to read it too quickly or
> carelessly (as I did). The note talks about Imagemagick, but the sample
> command also includes the setting of PKG_CONFIG_PATH (the only time that
> pkg-config is mentioned in the file). So my brain dismissed the
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH line, and went straight for the "./configure [...]
> --without-imagemagick" part. That didn't end too well.


Hmmm. Well, I am not using --without-imagemagick for my builds. And,
besides, if it is not supported should it not be the default?

Phil