Re: [Mingw-msys] Path conversion is not always good - please supply a way to turn it off!

Posted on DATE by AUTHOR Guy Gascoigne - Piggford
> True, but part of the problem is that if you try to build from within
> Msys, it actually looks like it's working, only to break in an obscure
> way after having got off to a good start.
>
> If it just didn't work in the first place it might have been less
> confusing. :)
>
> Guy
>

Guy,

I'm in favor of finding a solution.  I will take a look at the emacs build
process see how the path translation can be modified.  Which version of
MSYS are you using?  Sorry if you've given that information before.

> Fred Kunz wrote:
>
>>Without either arguing for or against a path conversion option, it might
>>be appropriate to point out that there are two easy ways to build emacs
>>on Windows without either CYGWIN or MSYS. One is to use Visual C++
>>environment with some GNUWin32 modules and the other is to use a MinGW
>>environment with some GNUWin32 modules and configure and build from the
>>emacs\nt directory. This includes the current CVS tree with image
>>support.
>>

Fred,

Are you saying that there is a special build method for MinGW beyond
configure && make?  I don't like that method as it causes someone to have
to make changes when the package structure changes.  I very much like the
automated features of the auto tool set of modules.  Please encourage its
use for MinGW builds as well.

Earnie