http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26813
--- Comment #5 from Nathan Coulson conathan@gmail.com 2013-09-24 22:42:10 CDT --- What I wanted at the time was the headers and libraries for a mingw cross compiler. I was using python as a scripting language for my own program, and wanted the ability to build the entire toolchain within linux.
At this point it shows a case that works with microsoft's version of msiexec on windows, that does not work on wine. I have not tested it in a while, but sounds like Austin English has.