Re: [bug #46007] texi2dvi Msys support

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:57:50 +0100
> From: Gavin Smith <address@hidden>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> 
> This clarifies it a lot. Why do we need to support such a complicated
> system?

IMO, we don't.

> Aren't there other bash interpreters on Windows that can be used
> instead, e.g. from MinGW? Are they suitable for running texi2dvi
> with MikTeX?

Cygwin does all that, and is supported.

> >From what I read MSYS was for running build systems (configure scripts
> and makefiles), and not much more -- it wasn't supposed to be suitable
> for general use.

Correct.