From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 19:39:26 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Revert "; Bump minimum supported Windows version for MinGW64 to Windows 10." X-Git-Tag: emacs-29.0.90~1015 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=265b91d891adfad1051db38c6d2202d28cd0f67b;p=emacs.git Revert "; Bump minimum supported Windows version for MinGW64 to Windows 10." This reverts commit 75155e458601a3597d382660d0be863ab4d512c0. Evidently, some MSYS2/MinGW64 folks still think Windows 8.1 is the minimum supported version, even though MinGW-w64 switched to Windows 10 as the default target in January 2022. --- diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 6db9e6d5be8..634480cce7d 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -3487,9 +3487,9 @@ The error message might be something like This happens if you try to build Emacs on versions of MS-Windows older than the minimum version supported by MinGW-w64. As of Dec 2022, the -minimum Windows version supported by MSYS2/MinGW-w64 is 10, and the -computer hardware (CPU, memory, disk) should also match the minimum -Windows 10 requirements. +minimum supported Windows version is 8.1, and the computer hardware +(CPU, memory, disk) should also match the minimum Windows 8.1 +requirements. *** Segfault during 'make' diff --git a/nt/INSTALL.W64 b/nt/INSTALL.W64 index cfb913a81e4..26420214b79 100644 --- a/nt/INSTALL.W64 +++ b/nt/INSTALL.W64 @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ Emacs with the full repository, or less if you're using a release tarball. As of December 2022, the minimum supported system, both for building Emacs with the MSYS2/MinGW-w64 toolchain and for running the produced -binary, is Windows 10. The computer hardware should also match the -Microsoft requirements for Windows 10. +binary, is Windows 8.1. The computer hardware should also match the +Microsoft requirements for Windows 8.1. * Set up the MinGW-w64 / MSYS2 build environment