GNU bug report logs - #14603
MS Windows configure needs to be run via msysconfig.sh

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:54:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 14603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14603: 24.3.50; Error while bootstrapping Emacs on Windows
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:44:02 +0300

> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:23:28 +0400
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> CC: 14603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > How (with what command line) did you invoke the configure script?
> 
> No arguments, just ./configure

That will never work.  You need to follow the instructions in
nt/INSTALL.MSYS.  The correct invocation is

    ./nt/msysconfig.sh --prefix=PREFIX ...

where "..." stands for any options or arguments you want to pass to
configure.
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