[Bug 3727] New: MSyS/MinGW Fails To Work

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3727

Summary: MSyS/MinGW Fails To Work
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: wine-misc
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

First, please don't ask why. I've spent the past several days trying to find
this answer online, and am finally submitting the bug report. It's beaten me
(for now).

This is actually a group of inter-related issues on this one.

1) During the install process, there is a failure relating to unimplemented
permissions APIs when running under Win2000 mode. Change the mode to Win98, and
the installer will run to completion.

2) When running, I need to get the MSyS shell working. The command to run is:
   wineconsole 'c:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe'

I then get what looks like a functioning shell, ready for me to type in
commands. However, no matter what command I enter, the next line displays
"exit", and then wine reports that the program has exited with a good status. I
have even gone so far as to try and run a program like this:

wineconsole 'c:\msys\1.0\bin\sh.exe' -c /bin/ls

And I get the same result (except a blank screen with no ls output).

I can accept running in Win98 mode just fine. I simply need to get this
particular environment working under Wine, and am now stumped as to what I can do.