On Thu 10 Oct 2013, Sean Sieger wrote:
> Andy Moreton <andrewjmore...@gmail.com> writes:
> Mingw tools understand Win32 paths. In order to work with POSIX paths,
> you need to use the MSYS tools that are available from the same site as
> mingw. Something like this:
>
> # open an MSYS bash shell (usually c:\MinGW\MSYS\1.0\bin\bash.exe)
> cd bbdb/lisp
> make --makefile=makefile-temp EMACS=/c/emacs/emacs-24.3/bin/emacs
>
> The emacs repo has some instructions on how to setup the tools to
> build emacs itself using mingw/msys tools (see nt/INSTALL).
>
> A much better approach would be to create an emacs ELPA package for
> bbdbv3, as that would be able to compile and install the lisp and docs
> without requiring any tools outside a running emacs (even on Windows).
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> Andy does that work for you? Can you compile BBDB with MinGW? I
> can't.
I've rechecked that the elisp files can be byte compiled with a simple
recipe, assuming you have the following tools:
- Emacs installed at c:\emacs\emacs-24.3\bin\emacs.exe
- MinGW installed at c:\MinGW
- MSYS bash: c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\bash.exe
- MSYS make: c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\make.exe
1) Open a Windows Command window (cmd.exe) and run MSYS bash:
C:\>
C:\> c:\MinGW\msys\1.0\bin\bash.exe --norc
bash-3.1$
2) In MSYS bash, set the path and run MSYS make:
bash-3.1$
bash-3.1$ PATH=/c/mingw/msys/1.0/bin:/c/mingw/bin:$PATH
bash-3.1$ cd /c/emacs/src/bbdb/lisp
bash-3.1$ make --makefile=makefile-temp EMACS=/c/emacs/emacs-24.3/bin/emacs
This byte compiled all of the elisp files for me without complaint. I
don't use bbdb, so I've no idea if this results in a working bbdb.
I note that the bbdb TODO file has "Get BBDB on the GNU ELPA" which
is definitely a good idea and would make it easier to use this package.
AndyM
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