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Document problems with 4NT.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Tue, 22 Jan 2002 11:13:59 +0000
parents f45165ce5cbc
children c4911d7933ae
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29 that is compiled with Cygwin will only work with Cygwin tools, due to 29 that is compiled with Cygwin will only work with Cygwin tools, due to
30 the use of cygwin style paths. This means Cygwin make is unsuitable 30 the use of cygwin style paths. This means Cygwin make is unsuitable
31 for building parts of Emacs that need to invoke Emacs itself (leim and 31 for building parts of Emacs that need to invoke Emacs itself (leim and
32 "make bootstrap", for example). Also see the Trouble-shooting section 32 "make bootstrap", for example). Also see the Trouble-shooting section
33 below if you decide to go ahead and use Cygwin make. 33 below if you decide to go ahead and use Cygwin make.
34
35 In addition, using 4NT as your shell is known to fail the build process,
36 at least for 4NT version 3.01. Use cmd.exe, the default NT shell,
37 instead.
34 38
35 sh exists no sh 39 sh exists no sh
36 40
37 cygwin b20.1 make (3.75): fails[1, 5] fails[2, 5] 41 cygwin b20.1 make (3.75): fails[1, 5] fails[2, 5]
38 MSVC compiled gmake 3.77: okay okay 42 MSVC compiled gmake 3.77: okay okay