Re: [bug #46007] texi2dvi Msys support

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 18:09:32 +0200
> From: Patrice Dumas <address@hidden>
> Cc: Vincent Belaïche <address@hidden>,
>         address@hidden
> 
> > MSYS is not bastard, it just wasn't meant to be used in this capacity.
> > If you need something like that, just use Cygwin instead.
> 
> I personnally only use GNU/Linux, but I have colleagues who use MSYS as
> a generic shell, in particular when they use a software that comes with
> MSYS (grass, some python).  Other use Cygwin.  A disadvantage of Cygwin
> is that it seems to be quite slow.

There's always someone who likes to live dangerously, or is unaware of
the subtle issues which might bite them.