Re: Failure to bootstrap on Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:23:55 +0200
> From: martin rudalics <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> 
>  >> $ echo $PATH
>  >> 
> .:/c/Devel/emacs/build/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/c/bin64/Git/cmd
>                                       ^^^^^^^^^
> What is bin:/bin:?

No, it's /mingw/bin:bin:.  The separator is the colon, Posix-style.

>  > In general, the MinGW's bin directory should be _after_ the MSYS
>  > directories on PATH, otherwise you risk invoking native MinGW programs
>  > instead of their MSYS name-sakes.
> 
> ???????
> 
> In March Eli Zaretskii said:
> 
>    Do NOT add the MSYS bin directory to your Windows Path!  Only the
>    MinGW bin directory should be on Path.

That's in the opposite direction.  What I said above is about the PATH
seen by MSYS Bash, not the PATH seen by the rest of Windows
applications.