So I should execute "config --with-w32" inside a cygwin environment?
Xi Shen about.me/davidshen On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Andy Moreton <andrewjmore...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue 05 Jul 2016, Xi Shen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I want to make some code change to Emacs for Windows, but first I need >> to setup the build environment. >> >> I got the Emacs git repo, and tried "config msdos", but I got >> "permission denied" error. If I execute "cmd" from Cygwin bash, I can >> execute "config msdos", but I got error about DJGPP. I made sure I >> have install all packages with name DJGPP in them, but I still got >> this error. >> >> What else do I need? > > You are using the build method for MSDOS - what you want is a cygwin > target, which uses the normal POSIX build machinery. > > Build instructions are in the file INSTALL.REPO at the top of the repo. > For the w32 build (which uses the Win32 GUI rather than X11), you will > need to configure using "--with-w32". > > AndyM > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
