Re: Some comments on the MSYS-based build

[Óscar Fuentes]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> > MinGW people say that mingw-get-inst is only for installing
>> > mingw-get.  I don't think we should invent our own MinGW procedures,
>> > even if they seem to work.
>> 
>> That is a misunderstanding that results from the poor wording on the
>> mingw-get-inst description.
>
> I'm quite sure I've read it from the MinGW maintainers.
>
> Here, directly from the horse's mouth:
>
>   http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30735128
>
> I really don't want to start contradicting what they say.

The key word in Earnie's message is *updating*. Indeed, mingw-get-inst
is not intended for updating, only for installing.

> Feel free to install.

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