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26.0.50; configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems.

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From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28601: 26.0.50;
 configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:14:37 +0100

On Fri 13 Oct 2017, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
>> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:06:56 -0400
>> Cc: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>, 28601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
>> 	Vincent Belaïche <vincent.belaiche <at> gmail.com>
>> 
>> -First we need to switch to the MinGW-w64 environment.  Exit the MSYS2 BASH
>> -console and run mingw64_shell.bat in the C:\msys64 folder, then cd back to
>> +First we need to switch to the MinGW-w64 environment.  Exit the MSYS2
>> +BASH console and run mingw64.exe in the C:\msys64 folder (if it's
>> +missing, install it with 'pacman -S msys2-launcher'), then cd back to
>>  your Emacs source directory, e.g.:
>
> Can we rely on all the users to have the latest MSYS2?  If not,
> perhaps after your description we should say something like "If you
> don't have mingw64.exe, but do have mingw64_shell.bat, then ..."?

MSYS2 is a rolling-release distribution, so any user who does not have
an up to date installation would be well advised to update to current
package versions before attempting to build emacs.

    AndyM

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