GNU bug report logs - #28601
26.0.50; configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: vincent.belaiche <at> gmail.com (Vincent Belaïche)

Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:04:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 28888

Found in versions 26.0.50, 26.0.90

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 28601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 28601 <at> debbugs.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 15:22:36 +0300

> From: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:14:37 +0100
> 
> > 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.

I understand, but "advised" doesn't mean "forced", does it?
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