Re: Failure to bootstrap on Windows

[martin rudalics]

>> $ 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:?

> Does /mingw/bin exist, and if so, is there anything in it?  How about
> /c/Devel/emacs/build/bin?
>
> 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.

martin