Re: [Msys2-users] About DLLs needed by Emacs (W64)

[Fabrice Popineau]

2017-11-20 18:31 GMT+01:00 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>:

> From: Fabrice Popineau <fabrice.popineau@centralesupelec.fr>
> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 16:13:48 +0100
> Cc: Msys2 <address@hiddensourceforge.net>,
>       Emacs developers <address@hidden>
>
> gnutls also need to have an accessible ca-bundle for certificates.

Not on MS-Windows, it doesn't: it uses the system certificate store instead.

Oh ... good to know. I recall that I had to make gnutls point to the file in the past. 

Maybe  I overlooked something. (I don't use gnutls much)

 

But in general, your point is valid: various optional libraries need support
files to work properly.

Given the numerous dependencies, and as long as msys2/mingw64 is concerned, it is so much 

easier to install msys2 and then request emacs from pacman than to package a standalone

emacs. Lots of elisp packages may require other mingw64 packages : a spell checker, git, etc.

It is easy to install them with pacman. The user will have a much harder time with

a standalone emacs. If you want a full emacs experience, you need a full unix-like environment.

Fabrice