Re: [bug #46007] texi2dvi Msys support

[Gavin Smith]

On 23 September 2015 at 22:03, Vincent Belaïche
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Anyway, with the simple patch
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=34939 , texi2dvi
> works with MikTeX for the basic case when users don't use TEXINPUTS-like
> envvars.
>
> It would also work with this simple patch if the user:
>
> 1) sets the TeX envvars without tailing // and without empty dir in the
>    middle, and
> 2) the envvars are in MSYS format before calling texi2dvi (the
>    conversion could be done by a not-so-thin wrapper)
>
> I have prepared another patch (see my previous emails):
>
> https://savannah.gnu.org/support/download.php?file_id=34966
>
> It is slightly more complex, but on the other hand that would allow
> MSYS/texi2dvi compatibility in all cases. Its ticks is just to work
> always in MSW style within texi2dvi for all filenames except for PATH,
> so there aren't any conversions.

I committed the simpler of these two patches.