diff nt/INSTALL @ 90732:bc10a33dd40b

Merge from emacs--devo--0 Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 563-582) - Update from CVS - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 177-185) - Merge from emacs--devo--0 - Update from CVS Revision: [e-mail]/emacs--unicode--0--patch-158

--- a/nt/INSTALL	Wed Dec 20 07:28:28 2006 +0000
+++ b/nt/INSTALL	Mon Jan 01 03:21:06 2007 +0000
@@ -43,7 +43,18 @@
        gmake
 
      (If you are building from CVS, say "make bootstrap" or "nmake
-     bootstrap" instead and avoid using Cygwin make.)
+     bootstrap" instead, and avoid using Cygwin make.)
+
+     With GNU Make, you can use the -j command-line option to have
+     Make execute several commands at once, like this:
+
+       gmake -j 2 XMFLAGS="-j 2"
+
+     The XMFLAGS variable overrides the default behavior of GNU Make
+     on Windows, whereby recursive Make invocations reset the maximum
+     number of simultaneous commands to 1.  The above command allows
+     up to 4 simultaneous commands at once in the top-level Make, and
+     up to 3 in each one of the recursive Make's.
 
   4. Generate the Info manuals (only if you are building out of CVS, and
      if you have makeinfo.exe installed):
@@ -95,6 +106,9 @@
   build (latest versions of the Cygwin toolkit, at least since v1.3.3,
   include the MinGW headers and libraries as an integral part).
 
+  Note that building Emacs with Visual Studio 2005 is not supported at
+  this time.
+
   The rest of this file assumes you have a working development
   environment.  If you just installed  such an environment, try
   building a trivial C "Hello world" program, and see if it works.  If
@@ -132,7 +146,7 @@
     cygwin compiled make 3.80:           fails?[6]     fails?[6]
     cygwin compiled make 3.81:           fails         fails?[6]
     mingw32 compiled make 3.79.1:        okay          okay
-    mingw32 compiled make 3.80:          okay          unknown[6]
+    mingw32 compiled make 3.80:          okay          okay[6]
     mingw32 compiled make 3.81:          okay          okay[7]
 
   Notes:
@@ -145,7 +159,7 @@
     [4] may fail on Windows 9X and Windows ME; if so, install Bash.
     [5] fails when building leim due to the use of cygwin style paths.
         May work if building emacs without leim.
-    [6] please report if you try this combination.
+    [6] not recommended; please report if you try this combination.
     [7] tested only on Windows XP.
 
   Other compilers may work, but specific reports from people that have
@@ -252,6 +266,18 @@
   The warnings may be fixed in the main FSF source at some point, but
   until then we will just live with them.
 
+  With GNU Make, you can use the -j command-line option to have Make
+  execute several commands at once, like this:
+
+    gmake -j 4 XMFLAGS="-j 3"
+
+  The XMFLAGS variable overrides the default behavior of GNU Make on
+  Windows, whereby recursive Make invocations reset the maximum number
+  of simultaneous commands to 1.  The above command allows up to 4
+  simultaneous commands at once in the top-level Make, and up to 3 in
+  each one of the recursive Make's; you can use other numbers of jobs,
+  if you wish.
+
   If you are building from CVS, the following commands will produce
   the Info manuals (which are not part of the CVS repository):