Re: windows installer

[Fabrice Popineau]

2017-11-16 17:23 GMT+01:00 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>:

> From: address@hidden (Phillip Lord)
> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 16:15:03 +0000
> Cc: address@hidden, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>,
>       address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> Install msys
> Run pacman to install dependencies
> git clone emacs
> ./configure;make
>
> The last step takes an hour.

Try "make -j8" instead, and it will end much faster.

Well, the slow part is still configure, because of the numerous instances of shell that are launched.

I also suggest to exclude your MSYS2/MinGW64 directories from being scanned by any antivirus

or antimalware. It speeds up thing a little bit. 

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Fabrice