GNU bug report logs - #55015
V28.1 can't run on WinXP 32bit

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 55015 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chen Xiaodong <lokr <at> 163.com>
Subject: bug#55015: V28.1 can't run on WinXP 32bit
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 14:31:38 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> To have an Emacs binary suitable for Windows XP, you must compile
> Emacs with mingw.org's MinGW (https://osdn.net/projects/mingw/releases),
> which is what I do, and the result runs on my Windows XP very well
> (and should also run on older versions of Windows, although AFAIK that
> was not tested for a long time).
>
> Maybe some volunteer will step forward and provide 32-bit Windows
> binaries of Emacs that can be used on those older version of Windows.

I think the conclusion here is that we don't want to do anything here on
the Emacs side, so I'm closing this bug report.

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