[erlang-questions] Erlang Build 21.1.1 on Windows 10

[Dan Gudmundsson]

We only use msys (and msys2) here at OTP nowadays, so using cygwin have not
been tested for several years.
So the instructions and/or scripts may not be 100% accurate for cygwin.

/Dan

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 12:47 AM Dave Cottlehuber <dch@REDACTED> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Nov 2018, at 14:35, Michael Scharrer wrote:
> > Hi Luke,
> >
> > thank you I will look. Is it maybe possible that you can share me your
> > output what you´re getting on windows ./otp_build env_win32 x64
> > So that I can see some differences and compare it with my paths and
> > system configuration.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Luke is right, you need to have the Windows SDK tools before the cygwin
> stuff in the path.
>
>
> I've been through this in detail many times. Most of the acquired wisdom
> is documented here; for more details and example order see
> https://github.com/apache/couchdb-glazier#make-a-new-prompt-shortcut
>
> I strongly recommend doing your windows builds on a dedicated VM and
> ensuring you have regular snapshots to clean up and roll back to.
>
> Once you have the path and dependencies organised, building multiple
> versions of OTP is cake.
>
> Good luck.
>
> A+
> Dave
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