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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From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
To: Vincent Belaïche <vincent.belaiche <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 28601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28601: 26.0.50; configure: error: Emacs does not support 'x86_64-pc-msys' systems.
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:40:57 -0400
Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 10:09 AM, Vincent Belaïche
> <vincent.belaiche <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Please note that gcc -v makes this output even though my MSYSTEM envvar
>> expands to MINGW64.
>>
>> I think that the objective of the gcc -v is to discriminate between 32
>> and 64 bits, not between MINGW and MSYS. So, it seems that what we have
>> is an autoconf bug. Am I wrong ?
>
> I think it means you didn't install the mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
> metapackage, so you are using the msys toolchain rather than the mingw
> one.

Check the output of 'which gcc', it should be at /mingw64/bin/gcc.  If
it's /bin/gcc, or /usr/bin/gcc, then you are using the wrong gcc.




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