Re: Git on MSys (or how to make it easy for Windows users to compile git)

>>> Even if it installs ok under Wine, git may not work properly 
>>> because a bug in dup2() not duplicating to 0-2 and some others
>>> that I think only affect tests. So get XP if you can or prepare
>>> to fix Wine along the way.
>> Yeah, I wasn't going to use it under Wine actually. Just wanted
>> to see if I could get it building there, to ease automated
>> packaging later. However, I've given up on it, due to a perl
>> issue, which might be caused by the issue you describe.
> 
> You could cross-compile it. You'll need a cross toolchain, zlib
> stuff and a good config.mak (I can send you one if you have trouble
> with it).