> However, I think that it's a little premature > because we still have a run-time dependence on sh :) > See src/graphics/GraphicsConverter.C, which generates a shell script on the > fly to control the conversion of your_file.eps to your_file.png (say). > > I think that this thing should be recast to create a Python script in the > first instance.
I was told that mingw is *only* needed for script configure. Now, there is another one, and how many others? Anyway, it does not sound too difficult to replace this on-the-fly script with equivalent python code. I may come up with a patch to src/graphics/GraphicsConverter.C soon. Bo