GNU bug report logs - #11402
Problem while compiling emacs-24.0.96 using MinGW on Win7

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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>

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> 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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