GNU bug report logs - #11589
Emacs git head configuration / build problem on windows using msysgit and mingw

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Message #10 received at 11589-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Marko Kocić <marko <at> euptera.com>
Cc: 11589-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11589: Emacs git head configuration / build problem on
	windows	using msysgit and mingw
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 21:15:36 +0300

> From: Marko Kocić <marko <at> euptera.com>
> Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 13:58:20 +0200
> 
> When building Emacs on windows configured with prefix option install
> fails.because of the wrong install dir.
> 
> For exmaple, I configured emacs with
> configure.bat --prefix c:/opt/emacs --cflags -Os
> 
> The problem is that, because of the extra space added after prefix
> location, installer tries to install files to "c:/opt/emacs /bin" which
> doesn't exist.
> Seems like commit 529e95d75180241f67fd8b700316907036726c90 is resposible
> for that. When I reverted that commit, I was able to build and install
> Emacs again.

Thanks for the report.  This bug was fixed in the repository 2 days
ago, but it was fixed on the release branch and the fix wasn't yet
merged with the trunk.  It will be, shortly.

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