Not working with Windows 8 and msys2

[VyacheslavMik]

When emacs invoke "global" with argument "-pr" return value something like thing "/e/gtk-3-compilation/build/gtk+-3.19.4/gtk/".
But when ggtags query default-directory then returning "e:/gtk-3-compilation/build/gtk+-3.19.4/gtk/".
Because of this, ggtags dosn't work. In hash-table ggtags-projects in key stored "/e/gtk-3-compilation/build/gtk+-3.19.4/gtk/", but finding project by key "e:/gtk-3-compilation/build/gtk+-3.19.4/gtk/".
P.S. Sorry for my Runglish.

[leoliu]

hi @VyacheslavMik,

Thanks for the report. It looks to me the path from global -pr is incorrect i.e. a bug in gnu global itself. Do you get the same path when invoking global -pr in the command window (cmd.exe) i.e. path without drive letter? if so, I think you might found a bug in global itself. Please send a bug report to bug-global@gnu.org.

Thanks and happy holiday,
Leo

[VyacheslavMik]

Hello leoliu.
Thanks for your reply.
When I invoke global -pr in the command window (mingw32.exe) I get "/e/gtk-3-compilation/build". Drive letter "E:" present in this string, but it has linux format path "/e".

[leoliu]

hi @VyacheslavMik,

I have asked on emacs-devel http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/198239 and get helpful answers there. The problem is due to using subtly different tools to build emacs and global.

HTH,
Leo

[VyacheslavMik]

Hello, Leo. Thanks for your reply. I'm read the thread. Yes, I'm use global from mingw and emacs for windows.

Now, I'm install Emacs for Mingw. Run it from mingw console, install ggtags and get same result. May be I doing something wrong?
I'm install mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-emacs 24.5-4.

[leoliu]

Hi @VyacheslavMik,

Could you following up on the emacs-devel thread? There are people with far more experience with windows than myself to help out. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Leo

[VyacheslavMik]

Hello, @leoliu. Thanks for your help! I wrote to emacs-devel and they help me.
Vyacheslav.

[kenkangxgwe]

Hi, @VyacheslavMik , I am having the same problem. How did they help you?

[VyacheslavMik]

Hi, @kenkangxgwe , here answer from developer:

What you call "mingw32 console" is AFAIU an MSYS2 Bash shell session,
intended to run MSYS programs. And that's the root cause of your
problem: you are invoking an MSYS build of ggtags.

Instead, download a native Windows build, e.g., from here:

http://adoxa.altervista.org/global/

Btw, I suggest to remove the MSYS2 bin directory from your Windows
PATH, so that programs you run outside of the mingw32 console don't
try to invoke those MSYS programs, and run into similar problems.

This helped me, may be help you.

[kenkangxgwe]

Hi, @VyacheslavMik , I found that if I use mingw64 (not msys2) to compile the global from source, then the problem is solved.

[ifq]

Hi, @VyacheslavMik , I found that if I use mingw64 (not msys2) to compile the global from source, then the problem is solved.

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