Re: [ANNOUNCE] Emacs 25.3 released

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Copley <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:53:42 +0100
> Cc: Emacs Development <address@hidden>
> 
> > I'd suggest to upload fixed binaries.
> 
> To do that without creating a new release, of course, means using a
> toolchain version other than that which the excellent Nico in fact
> used.

No, it means to backport the change in the library order and then
rebuild.  The modified source tarball should be uploaded to the same
place.

> FYI the MSYS2 package sources don't provide old versions of packages.
> Their currently available MinGW-W64 toolchains won't build a 64-bit
> Emacs that works on Windows 7 from the 25.3 release.

I think the binary will work on Windows 7 if built on Windows 7.  But
I don't suggest actually trying that.

> Will the mingw.org toolchains described in nt/INSTALL do it?

Not for a 64-bit build, no.