> From: Paul Smith <psm...@gnu.org> > Cc: bug-make@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:27:16 -0400 > > Other people (like Eli who is the primary maintainer of GNU Make for > Windows) have other environments and do more vigorous testing. But I > don't believe Eli uses autotools on Windows, either.
I do use autotools on Windows, just not for building GNU Make. > > Assuming all questions are answered first, would it be OK to work on > > the build_w32.bat changes in a second separate patch, and keep the > > first one focused only on the Unix-like build process? > > Patches can be provided in any order, but until build_w32.bat is > updated there won't be any testing of these features during the > "normal" development process. Presumably (but again, you'll have to > ask them) the MinGW folks etc. will take release candidate builds and > verify them in their own environments, once those become available. > > This is not to discourage you in any way: UTF-8 is assumed by GNU Make > on POSIX systems and getting that to be true on Windows is a big step > in the right direction IMO! Indeed. But build_w32.bat is a very simple batch file, so I don't think modifying it will present any difficulty. Let us know if you need help in that matter.
