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Diffstat (limited to 'nt/INSTALL')
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/nt/INSTALL b/nt/INSTALL index 8415b1893ff..9033153fcae 100644 --- a/nt/INSTALL +++ b/nt/INSTALL @@ -43,7 +43,18 @@ gmake (If you are building from CVS, say "make bootstrap" or "nmake - bootstrap" instead and avoid using Cygwin make.) + bootstrap" instead, and avoid using Cygwin make.) + + With GNU Make, you can use the -j command-line option to have + Make execute several commands at once, like this: + + gmake -j 2 XMFLAGS="-j 2" + + The XMFLAGS variable overrides the default behavior of GNU Make + on Windows, whereby recursive Make invocations reset the maximum + number of simultaneous commands to 1. The above command allows + up to 4 simultaneous commands at once in the top-level Make, and + up to 3 in each one of the recursive Make's. 4. Generate the Info manuals (only if you are building out of CVS, and if you have makeinfo.exe installed): @@ -95,6 +106,9 @@ build (latest versions of the Cygwin toolkit, at least since v1.3.3, include the MinGW headers and libraries as an integral part). + Note that building Emacs with Visual Studio 2005 is not supported at + this time. + The rest of this file assumes you have a working development environment. If you just installed such an environment, try building a trivial C "Hello world" program, and see if it works. If @@ -132,7 +146,7 @@ cygwin compiled make 3.80: fails?[6] fails?[6] cygwin compiled make 3.81: fails fails?[6] mingw32 compiled make 3.79.1: okay okay - mingw32 compiled make 3.80: okay unknown[6] + mingw32 compiled make 3.80: okay okay[6] mingw32 compiled make 3.81: okay okay[7] Notes: @@ -145,7 +159,7 @@ [4] may fail on Windows 9X and Windows ME; if so, install Bash. [5] fails when building leim due to the use of cygwin style paths. May work if building emacs without leim. - [6] please report if you try this combination. + [6] not recommended; please report if you try this combination. [7] tested only on Windows XP. Other compilers may work, but specific reports from people that have @@ -252,6 +266,18 @@ The warnings may be fixed in the main FSF source at some point, but until then we will just live with them. + With GNU Make, you can use the -j command-line option to have Make + execute several commands at once, like this: + + gmake -j 4 XMFLAGS="-j 3" + + The XMFLAGS variable overrides the default behavior of GNU Make on + Windows, whereby recursive Make invocations reset the maximum number + of simultaneous commands to 1. The above command allows up to 4 + simultaneous commands at once in the top-level Make, and up to 3 in + each one of the recursive Make's; you can use other numbers of jobs, + if you wish. + If you are building from CVS, the following commands will produce the Info manuals (which are not part of the CVS repository): |