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Revert "; Bump minimum supported Windows version for MinGW64 to Windows 10."

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This reverts commit 75155e4586.
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.
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Eli Zaretskii 2022-12-24 21:39:26 +02:00
parent 75155e4586
commit 265b91d891
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@ -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'

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nt/INSTALL.W64
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@ -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