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Problem while compiling emacs-24.0.96 using MinGW on Win7

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From: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Problem while compiling emacs-24.0.96 using MinGW on Win7
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 15:34:03 +0800

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Open a Command Prompt window, then

f:\> cd emacs-24.0.96/nt
f:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\
nt> configure.bat --no-debug --cflags -ID:/gnuwin32/include --cflags
-IC:/gnuwin32/src/lib --without-png
f:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\nt> make

After a while, it stopped. The last few lines of the output said:


     cmd /c "fc /b gl-tmp globals.h >nul 2>&1 || cp -f gl-tmp globals.h"
     Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
     Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
     f:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\src>

It seems that cmd /c did not quit and the current directory has been
changed from nt to src.
If you press Ctrl+C now, you will get:

f:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\src>make[1]: *** [gl-stamp] Interrupt
make: *** [all-other-dirs-gmake] Interrupt
F:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96-mingw\nt>

I found that in src/makefile.w32-in of emacs-24.0.96, there is a line that
emacs 23 does NOT have:
cmd /c "fc /b gl-tmp globals.h >nul 2>&1 || $(CP) gl-tmp globals.h"

How can I cope with this problem?

Thank you all.

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Message #8 received at 11402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11402: Problem while compiling emacs-24.0.96 using MinGW on
	Win7
Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 12:21:46 +0300

> Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 15:34:03 +0800
> From: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Open a Command Prompt window, then
> 
> f:\> cd emacs-24.0.96/nt
> f:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\
> nt> configure.bat --no-debug --cflags -ID:/gnuwin32/include --cflags
> -IC:/gnuwin32/src/lib --without-png
> f:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\nt> make
> 
> After a while, it stopped. The last few lines of the output said:
> 
> 
>      cmd /c "fc /b gl-tmp globals.h >nul 2>&1 || cp -f gl-tmp globals.h"
>      Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
>      Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>      f:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\src>

Are you using the MSYS Bash shell?  If so, this configuration is not
supported, see nt/INSTALL.  (MSYS Bash has its own ideas about what
"/c" means, so it changes it to something that confuses cmd.exe.)

> How can I cope with this problem?

Remove the directory where MSYS Bash lives from Path, or rename sh.exe
to something else, then try again.

If indeed this is caused by MSYS, I will close this bug.

Message #11 received at 11402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11402: Problem while compiling emacs-24.0.96 using MinGW on
	Win7
Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 13:30:15 +0300

> Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 17:37:44 +0800
> From: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>

[Please keep the bug address on the CC list, so that this discussion
is logged by the bug tracker.]

> After I renamed MSYS sh.exe to aaash.exe and ran make, it said:
> 
> F:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\nt>make
> make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> Using /bin/sh as shell.
> mkdir "oo-spd"
> make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> make: [oo-spd] Error 127 (ignored)
> mkdir "oo-spd/i386"
> make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> make: [stamp_BLD] Error 127 (ignored)
> echo oo-spd/i386 > stamp_BLD
> make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> make: *** [stamp_BLD] Error 127
> 
> It seems that make need sh.exe.
> How can I correct it?

My crystal ball says your 'make' is an MSYS 'make'.  If so, install
the MinGW 'make' instead, it can work without sh.exe.  (You will
probably need MinGW or GnuWin32 ports of cp, rm and mv as well, they
are part of the Coreutils package.)

In general, when building Emacs, it is much better to remove MSYS from
Path, because MSYS tools are generally intended to be run only as part
of configuring and building Unix and GNU/Linux packages.  By contrast,
the Windows port of Emacs should be built using native Windows tools.

Message #14 received at 11402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 11402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11402: Problem while compiling emacs-24.0.96 using MinGW on
	Win7
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 21:43:14 +0800

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I rename MSYS sh.exe to aaash.exe, and use mingw32-make.exe instead of MSYS
make.exe.
This time it works fine.
Thank you.

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 17:37:44 +0800
> > From: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>
>
> [Please keep the bug address on the CC list, so that this discussion
> is logged by the bug tracker.]
>
> > After I renamed MSYS sh.exe to aaash.exe and ran make, it said:
> >
> > F:\build-emacs\emacs-24.0.96\nt>make
> > make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> > make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> > Using /bin/sh as shell.
> > mkdir "oo-spd"
> > make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> > make: [oo-spd] Error 127 (ignored)
> > mkdir "oo-spd/i386"
> > make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> > make: [stamp_BLD] Error 127 (ignored)
> > echo oo-spd/i386 > stamp_BLD
> > make: /bin/sh: Command not found
> > make: *** [stamp_BLD] Error 127
> >
> > It seems that make need sh.exe.
> > How can I correct it?
>
> My crystal ball says your 'make' is an MSYS 'make'.  If so, install
> the MinGW 'make' instead, it can work without sh.exe.  (You will
> probably need MinGW or GnuWin32 ports of cp, rm and mv as well, they
> are part of the Coreutils package.)
>
> In general, when building Emacs, it is much better to remove MSYS from
> Path, because MSYS tools are generally intended to be run only as part
> of configuring and building Unix and GNU/Linux packages.  By contrast,
> the Windows port of Emacs should be built using native Windows tools.
>

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Message #19 received at 11402-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11402-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11402: Problem while compiling emacs-24.0.96 using MinGW on
	Win7
Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 17:21:15 +0300

> Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 21:43:14 +0800
> From: Du Yanning <duyanning <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 11402 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I rename MSYS sh.exe to aaash.exe, and use mingw32-make.exe instead of MSYS
> make.exe.
> This time it works fine.

Great!  Closing the bug.

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