Re: [External] : Emacs pretest 28.0.91 is out

[H. Dieter Wilhelm]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st>
>> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:07:41 -0600
>> Cc: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>, Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>,
>>  Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>,
>>  "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
>> 
>> Please note that this build does **not** enable native-compilation nor
>> does it include gccjit (in deps).  I'm working on the assumption that
>> the Phillip's build scripts should be enhanced so we can build (and
>> distribute) windows binaries both with and without native compilation
>> enabled.

> I'm not sure this is correct/justified.  Wouldn't it be better to have
> just one build that could support both variants?  It is supposed to
> work that way, but I don't think anyone tested this in practice.  It
> would be good to see if that indeed works as intended, and if not,
> report the issues which prevent that.

I don't quite understand, does this mean that ALL .elc files are getting
.eln companions?  

Or can this work as under Gnu-Linux with JIT compilation?

> Specifically, I suggest to build Emacs _with_ native-compilation
> support, then try using that on a system that has neither libgccjit
> nor gcc/Binutils installed.

OK, I can check this in the office.

       Dieter
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H. Dieter Wilhelm
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