> From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 15:12:19 +0100 > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org>, bug-texinfo@gnu.org > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 03:53:31PM +0200, Tomas Kalibera wrote: > > > > On 4/8/22 15:31, Gavin Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 03:15:01PM +0200, Tomas Kalibera wrote: > > > > > What happens if we don't set MSYSTEM at all? > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/util/texi2dvi b/util/texi2dvi > > > > > index 1f42b41907..c506bbad37 100755 > > > > > --- a/util/texi2dvi > > > > > +++ b/util/texi2dvi > > > > > @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ IFS="$space$tab$newline" > > > > > # Msys. It is safer to use OSTYPE, this is why we set MSYSTEM to > > > > > # $OSTYPE before calling uname > > > > > if test -n "$COMSPEC$ComSpec" \ > > > > > - && MSYSTEM=$OSTYPE uname | $EGREP -iv 'cygwin|msys' >/dev/null; > > > > > then > > > > > + && uname | $EGREP -iv 'cygwin|msys' >/dev/null; then > > > > > path_sep=";" > > > > > else > > > > > path_sep=":" > > > > It works with Msys2 and cygwin for me, but breaks with MSYSTEM, where > > > What is MSYSTEM? Is this the original msys? > > > > > > > $ uname > > > > MINGW32_NT-6.2 > > > > > > > > $ MSYSTEM=$OSTYPE uname > > > > msys_NT-6.2 > > > > > > > > $ uname -a > > > > MINGW32_NT-6.2 DESKTOP-G858KME 1.0.19(0.48/3/2) 2016-07-13 17:45 i686 > > > > Msys > > > Does the path separator need to be set to ; on this system? Is anybody > > > likely to be running texi2dvi from it? > > > > > > Are you sure that MSYSTEM is set up correctly? Is the MSYSTEM envvar > > > set to something else, or just not set at all? > > > > This is a completely clean installation using mingw-get which I downloaded > > from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/, without any > > manual configuration. > > So this is the standard MinGW environment?
MinGW and MSYS are not the same. MinGW is native Windows; MSYS is a Cygwin-like Posix emulation.
