GNU bug report logs - #19989
25.0.50; Build instructions on Windows

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Package: emacs;

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 #62 received at 19989 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 19989 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ilya <at> math.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: bug#19989: 25.0.50; Build instructions on Windows
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 21:27:04 +0200

> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:53:24 +0100
> From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
> CC: ilya <at> math.berkeley.edu, 19989 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
>  > 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.
> 
> When I am busy resolving dependencies it's easy to sidestep this rule at
> least once.

It depends on which tools you use to unpack.  If the tools allow you
to say "do not override with older files", the probability of errors
is greatly reduced.

> You have a well maintained code base and much superior knowledge.
> Starting from scratch is not comparable to that.

I, too, started from scratch at some point ;-)
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