Subject: bug#8373: why not give user an extra variable when compile emacs under windows?

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:20:35 -0400

Xu Jingtao <[email-masked]> writes:

> When compile emacs under windows, i want to specify some gcc flags like this:
> ==============================================================
> call configure.bat --cflags -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=10000
> ==============================================================
>
> But under windows os,the "=" is treated as white space when passed to
> batch arguments.  So I have to modify this gcc definition in emacs's
> source tree which is not my pleasure.  Why not give user an extra
> variable when compile emacs under windows?

With Ben Key's 2011-04-15 to trunk, the "=" character is supported in
configure.bat, so this should now be unnecessary, I believe.