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#19989
25.0.50; Build instructions on Windows
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Reported by: Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse <at> ilyaz.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:48:01 UTC
Severity: minor
Found in version 25.0.50
Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #41 received at 19989 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:21:49 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: 19989 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Maybe I'm wrong but it appears that every DL and installation step has
> to be prepared carefully wrt overwriting (or not) previously installed
> libraries.
The only rule I follow (religiously, btw) is not to overwrite a DLL
with an older one, judging by its time stamp. I didn't find any other
issues.
> Using mingw-get (which I did) is complicated as well if you want to
> avoid falling into one of the traps mentioned in this thread.
The question is: can we amend the instructions to make them less
error-prone? The manual instructions are very detailed, and I can
vouch for their correctness because that's what I used. The mingw-get
instructions are from someone else, so those who use it are kindly
requested to help with making them better, as much as possible.
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