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bug#20917: 24.5; Emacs hang after installing gtk3 in windows 7
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#20917: 24.5; Emacs hang after installing gtk3 in windows 7 |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:32:45 +0300 |
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:58:05 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Andy <deqi123@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "20917@debbugs.gnu.org" <20917@debbugs.gnu.org>
>
> Bravo, Eli!!! Thanks a lot. I don't know what a "DLL hell" is
It's a situation where you have several incompatible DLLs of the same
name that fight each other, and give you hell.
> but it works! I downloaded librsvg and all its required libs and
> installed them. And now emacs can start normally. I think one should
> put a link in FAQ about using gtk3 in emacs under windows: One has
> to use the port from ezwinports first before using gtk3+.
We already advise to prefer ezwinports to GTK ports (see README.W32). I
actually don't understand why you tried to install them, and why you
think the GTK ports are newer: none of the libraries they distribute
have newer versions than what you have on ezwinports.
> Your help
> is greatly appreciated. How do I close the bug report now?
Send email to NNNN-done@debbugs.gnu.org, where NNNN is the bug
number. I did that for this bug.
Thanks.