> From: Sean Sieger <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:32:43 -0500 > > 5. download coreutils-5.3.0.exe from > http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages.html install it to > C:\GnuWin32\ > > Why not MSYS from MinGW?
Because MSYS tools are known to break the Emacs build in some subtle use-cases. In general, MSYS is a package specifically tailored to support building packages that need Autoconf and related Unix tools to be run as part of the build. Emacs does not belong to that category: to build Emacs on Windows, you don't need a Unixy shell and you don't run the Unix `configure' script. Therefore, MSYS is not the right way to go, and it's no surprise that it sometimes fail.
