Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B04431FC4 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:30:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.799 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.799 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id K5-lIEL746+S for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lb0-f171.google.com (mail-lb0-f171.google.com [209.85.217.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4632E431FC3 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lb0-f171.google.com with SMTP id x18so2572200lbi.16 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:30:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=FW0HO/Crt6qoiPdK4pSVP2ZueYaFVYBS+EsDnnvvDCY=; b=MVi/QAlYJznRogCMZLBZFHOW8nZT2mWKcGmGhOTr328snO7S/BZWLrsx8r440f71kH LaD+kxUh/Tt/TRfzkBcNEzVjV3KrQFyx9CDpQVz86p7iiqdvhZpH16IwIoOsWWOo5fLD kepJY2ufg69UQn0yDl6BQtsR35ha+kurc1lDqfuhPjbxJxEb8Fb7WLIBxqWgvnM7HVga UOTE/lcKwNhW8f/pqsH6ufgThdVfrEKuomp1q5rOI0oXY69Bb7tmLksvgt22+XaajQYT Eq7OWdnUwvUbqThMTHJn6jXndwTbvNkqVWBU/f8N+407DA68HYu1oD/UB3KLcD/+8Xxk 5ZBA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.131.68 with SMTP id ok4mr2958007lbb.13.1382214153195; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:22:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.201.69 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:22:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87bo2lvxx3.fsf@zancas.localnet> References: <87mwm71x91.wl%claudio.bley@gmail.com> <87bo2lvxx3.fsf@zancas.localnet> Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:22:32 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: notmuch on w32 From: Felipe Contreras To: David Bremner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "notmuch@notmuchmail.org" , Claudio Bley X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:30:48 -0000 On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 2:54 PM, David Bremner wrote: > Claudio Bley writes: > >> I wanted to use notmuch on MS Windows and thus have ported the code to >> be able to compile with MinGW and MSYS using the GNU autotools on that >> platform. > > Do you really need autotools, or was it just the easiest path to get > things working on w32? No, you don't. I've compiled many things for Windows using MinGW, and you don't need autotools. In fact, autotools makes things worst (as usual), by requiring m4, perl, and bunch of heavy dependencies. % make CROSS_COMPILE=i486-mingw32- -- Felipe Contreras