From: Marius Storm-Olsen Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:43:34 GMT Subject: Re: Git on MSys (or how to make it easy for Windows users to compile git) Message-ID: <46B314E6.8030806@trolltech.com> In-Reply-To: >>> 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). I would definitely be interested in your config.mak file! Thanks! -- .marius