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Subject: Re: Difficulties compiling emacs with gcc 4.6.2
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Hi,

On Apr 27, 1:47 am, Eli Zaretskii <e DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gnu DOT org> wrote:
> > From: Rugxulo <rugx DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gmail DOT com>
> > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:43:20 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > If it were me, I'd ask the Windows dudes to help us, but I don't know
> > if they're sympathetic (and I heavily doubt it).
>
> Guess who are "the Windows dudes" these days ;-)

Yeah, I remember you said something vaguely like that once, and I was
(barely) surprised. You still use good ol' XP, right? Is that all for
"bidi" support or whatever? I guess that makes sense.

(It's not that Windows is bad, just way overblown. Too many
technologies, and I can't pretend to care.)

> The existence of the DJGPP port imposes certain restrictions on what
> the Emacs developers can and cannot do.  One issue is to prevent file
> names from clashing in the 8+3 namespace, so that the release tarballs
> could be unpacked on plain DOS filesystems.

I'm on the fence. They bundle too much with the tarball already, but
at least it's easier to find everything. Though I still say DOSLFN
would solve this "problem" in a pinch.

> > However, from a quick search, it seems the big problem to them is 8.3
> > filenames. I know you probably wouldn't like the idea, but I'd rather
> > rely on DOSLFN (or, if hating VFAT, StarLFN) instead of dropping the
> > port entirely.
>
> Requiring a Windows platform for building will probably be the first
> step, yes.

I don't see how you have to require Windows here, just DOSLFN (or
StarLFN or similar). You could just as easily require DOSEMU or
VirtualBox + FreeDOS + DOSLFN or whatever.