[Gnu-arch-users] Re: darcs vs tla

[Mark Stosberg]

On 2004-11-17, Erik de Castro Lopo <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 10:12:53 -0600
> John A Meinel <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> 2) cmd.exe isn't a great shell, so depending on cygwin is okay. They
>>     actually made it quite a bit better than command.com, but bash is
>>     still far better.
>
> The best shell I've found under windows is the one that ships with
> Msys/MinGW. Its actually an RXVT ported to run as a native windows
> GUI app. By default it then runs bash with some extra mods to
> so that C:\Windows\System\ becomes /c/Windows/System.

The the darcs Windows build is built using Msys/MinGW.

    Mark