Re: windows build failure

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 17:50:02 +0200
> 
> Two days ago I tried the autotools-based build method with a fresh MSYS
> install + MinGW-w64 4.7.2 (32 bits) and it complained with redefinitions
> of some time-related functions. Then tried with MinGW's gcc 4.6.? and it
> worked fine.

Please always report any such problems.  Otherwise, we stand no chance
of cleaning up the MSYS build with all the available toolchains.

> Maybe TDM is using the MinGW-w64 headers?

Maybe.  But the problem reported here was not with time functions, it
was with 'restrict' keyword that somehow is not interpreted as a
keyword.

> BTW, I had to install msys-coreutils-ext package with mingw-get for
> avoiding hundreds of messages about non-existing chown executable while
> on `make install'.

Yes, all the MSYS packages on the "Base" page should be installed in
full, to have a fully functional MSYS installation.

> Apart from that and ignoring the big fat MSYS dependency, using the
> autotools build on Windows was smooth enough. Thank you.

Thanks for trying it.