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#28601
26.0.50; configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems.
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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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On Fri 13 Oct 2017, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 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?
No, in that things only get updated if you run pacman. However I thnk
the first respone to "I have a problem" will be "update to current
package versions".
AndyM
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