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From: Joe Buehler <jbuehler AT hekimian DOT com>
Subject: Re: Is it possible to move emacs from one computer to another?
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 12:23:39 -0500
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Charles Plager wrote:

> 1) Do I just get the source from http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/?

No -- get the Cygwin src package for emacs.

> 2) Are there special cygwin build procedures?  When I typed 'configure' 
> (a script that came with emacs), it simply said:
> cplager AT pointyjr> configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> configure: error: Emacs hasn't been ported to `i686-pc-cygwin' systems.
> Check `etc/MACHINES' for recognized configuration names.

Use the script that comes with the Cygwin emacs source, it applies
the relevant patches.

> 3) When past hurdle #2, how do I force a debug build? (simply
> 'make DEBUG=yes'?)?

I believe the script builds with debug by default -- check the script.
-- 
Joe Buehler


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