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changeset 109245:f5263c8dbdcc
* etc/PROBLEMS: Update Cygwin GCC information. (Bug#6458)
| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:34:30 -0700 |
| parents | 35c5071647d4 |
| children | d657dd1ad387 |
| files | etc/ChangeLog etc/PROBLEMS |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/ChangeLog Fri Jun 18 19:31:44 2010 -0700 +++ b/etc/ChangeLog Fri Jun 18 19:34:30 2010 -0700 @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2010-06-19 Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu> + + * PROBLEMS: Update Cygwin GCC information. (Bug#6458) + 2010-06-12 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> * tutorials/TUTORIAL.bg, tutorials/TUTORIAL.es: Fix typos.
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS Fri Jun 18 19:31:44 2010 -0700 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Fri Jun 18 19:34:30 2010 -0700 @@ -2477,17 +2477,10 @@ (using the location of the 32-bit X libraries on your system). -*** Building the Cygwin port for MS-Windows can fail with some GCC versions - -Building Emacs 22 with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4-1 and 3.4.4-2 is -reported to either fail or cause Emacs to segfault at run time. In -addition, the Cygwin GCC 3.4.4-2 has problems with generating debug -info. Cygwin users are advised not to use these versions of GCC for -compiling Emacs. GCC versions 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1.1, and 4.1.2 -reportedly build a working Cygwin binary of Emacs, so we recommend -these GCC versions. Note that these versions of GCC, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, -4.1.1, and 4.1.2, are currently the _only_ versions known to succeed -in building Emacs (as of v22.1). +*** Building Emacs for Cygwin can fail with GCC 3 + +As of Emacs 22.1, there have been stability problems with Cygwin +builds of Emacs using GCC 3. Cygwin users are advised to use GCC 4. *** Building the native MS-Windows port fails due to unresolved externals