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emacs-29 677f6c79eb: ; Update minimum requirements of MinGW-w64
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
emacs-29 677f6c79eb: ; Update minimum requirements of MinGW-w64 |
Date: |
Sat, 24 Dec 2022 11:47:35 -0500 (EST) |
branch: emacs-29
commit 677f6c79eb96e128399e8a0480769ec1fe8240ff
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
; Update minimum requirements of MinGW-w64
* etc/PROBLEMS (Dumping):
* nt/INSTALL.W64: Update the minimum OS version supported by
MinGW-w64.
---
etc/PROBLEMS | 12 ++++++++++++
nt/INSTALL.W64 | 7 ++++++-
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 2169ed0f80..634480cce7 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -3479,6 +3479,18 @@ with development builds, since the .elc files are
pre-compiled in releases.
** Dumping
+*** temacs.exe fails to run when invoked by the build for dumping
+
+The error message might be something like
+
+ make[2]: *** [Makefile:915: bootstrap-emacs.pdmp] Error 127
+
+This happens if you try to build Emacs on versions of MS-Windows older
+than the minimum version supported by MinGW-w64. As of Dec 2022, the
+minimum supported Windows version is 8.1, and the computer hardware
+(CPU, memory, disk) should also match the minimum Windows 8.1
+requirements.
+
*** Segfault during 'make'
If Emacs segfaults when 'make' executes one of these commands:
diff --git a/nt/INSTALL.W64 b/nt/INSTALL.W64
index 9261c82db1..26420214b7 100644
--- a/nt/INSTALL.W64
+++ b/nt/INSTALL.W64
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
This document describes how to compile a 64-bit GNU Emacs using MSYS2
and MinGW-w64. For instructions for building a 32-bit Emacs using
-MSYS and MinGW, see the file INSTALL in this directory.
+MSYS and mingw.org's MinGW, see the file INSTALL in this directory.
Do not use this recipe with Cygwin. For building on Cygwin, use the normal
installation instructions in ../INSTALL.
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ installation instructions in ../INSTALL.
The total space required is 3GB: 1.8GB for MSYS2 / MinGW-w64 and 1.2GB for
Emacs with the full repository, or less if you're using a release tarball.
+As of December 2022, the minimum supported system, both for building
+Emacs with the MSYS2/MinGW-w64 toolchain and for running the produced
+binary, is Windows 8.1. The computer hardware should also match the
+Microsoft requirements for Windows 8.1.
+
* Set up the MinGW-w64 / MSYS2 build environment
MinGW-w64 provides a complete runtime for projects built with GCC for 64-bit
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