Re: MS-Windows build using Posix configury

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:13:46 -0400
> 
> > -OPTION_DEFAULT_OFF([w32], [use native MS Windows GUI])
> > +OPTION_DEFAULT_OFF([w32], [use native MS Windows GUI in a Cygwin build])
> 
> Why is it only for Cygwin builds?

Because for the native build, that's not an option: you cannot NOT use
it.

> > +LN_EMACS="\$(LN_S)"
> > +if test "$opsys" = "mingw32"; then
> > +  LN_EMACS="ln"
> > +fi
> > +AC_SUBST(LN_EMACS)
> 
> Could we run `ln' to see if it handles -s, instead of testing $opsys?

The configure script already does, and it sets LN_S to "cp -p" as
result.  Which is fine everywhere, except when installing Emacs, where
I prefer a hard link, which wastes less disk space.

> > +  Do not use these instructions with MSYS encironment.  For building
>                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > +  You are almost there, hand on.
>                            ^^^^
>                            hang

Oops.

> > --- nt/gnulib.mk    1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
> > +++ nt/gnulib.mk    2013-03-31 13:14:54 +0000
> > @@ -0,0 +1,858 @@
> > +## This file is an edited copy if ../lib/gnulib.mk.
> 
> Could we auto-generate this file, based on a new nt/gnulib.mkdiff script?

We could, but I'd like more time to pass to see whether this is needed
and how best to generate that (e.g., Sed or Patch).