From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-21 10:43:22
From: "bill_kempf" <williamkempf_at_[hidden]>
> Requiring a shell is, by far, the worst culprit here, but the fact of
> the matter is, there's no native port of most of the parts required
> for autoconf. You have to install cygwin to have the needed parts.
I haven't tried
http://www.mingw.org/msys.shtml
but it looks like a native port.