nt/configure.bat: Warn about deprecation status.

diff --git a/nt/ChangeLog b/nt/ChangeLog
index baa7003f5ae81b18e9206f6f31c37541d4550433..1a0746b3181a511657fec35a1e095b652ec29968 100644 (file)
--- a/nt/ChangeLog
+++ b/nt/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-06-25  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
+
+       * configure.bat: Add warning to the help text about using the
+       MSYS/MinGW building procedure.
+
 2013-06-07  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
        * INSTALL.MSYS: mingw-get is not a GUI program (yet).

diff --git a/nt/configure.bat b/nt/configure.bat
index f833da722693fa05b4cb118b6f7ae485b054b368..484fb83d9015a07fa610e735f35b094a8023ca62 100755 (executable)
--- a/nt/configure.bat
+++ b/nt/configure.bat
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ echo. Note that this capability of processing parameters that include the =
 echo. character depends on command extensions.  This batch file attempts to\r
 echo. enable command extensions.  If command extensions cannot be enabled, a\r
 echo. warning message will be displayed.\r
+echo.\r
+echo. IMPORTANT: This method of building Emacs for MS-Windows is deprecated,\r
+echo. and could be removed in a future version of Emacs.  The preferred way\r
+echo  to build Emacs for MS-Windows from now on is using the MSYS environment\r
+echo. and MinGW development tools.  Please see nt/INSTALL.MSYS for details.\r
 goto end\r
 \r
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