[tex-live] xindy doesn't work on windows

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 2012-08-22 at 22:38:22 +0100, Philip TAYLOR wrote:

 > Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
 > 
 > > TMPDIR is used on Unix.  The reason why it's checked first is because
 > > though Cygwin is a Unix like system, the Windows environment is
 > > inherited.  A few variables are even adapted so that Windows paths can
 > > be used.
 > >
 > > Here is an excerpt (Cygwin on XP):
 > >
 > >    OS=Windows_NT
 > >    OSTYPE=cygwin
 > >    PATH='/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:É:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:É'
 > >    TEMP=/cygdrive/c/DOKUME~1/kotucha/LOKALE~1/Temp
 > >    TMP=/cygdrive/c/DOKUME~1/kotucha/LOKALE~1/Temp
 > >
 > > In order to allow Cygwin users to control the behaviour by setting
 > > TMPDIR, this variable must have the precedence.
 > 
 > OK, thanks Reinhard, but still somewhat confused in that this
 > is (as far as I can tell) the first time that Cygwin has come
 > into this thread ...  Where/how is Cygwin involved ?

It's one of the platforms supported by TeX Live.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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