as you may be affected...

Currently $^O eq 'MSWin32' is reserved for usage Windows with ActiveState under
4NT shell. Cygwin should be handled like Unix in most cases. Maybe we'll need a
more granular approach for the mixed cases, when people use ActiveState whithin
the cygwin environment (people really shouldn't do this)

The CWS tooling is meant for Unix only in the moment. It has never been tested
on Windows. Incidently the original version can not work on Windows. The
restriction has been removed for OOo but I doubt that it will work immediately
out of the box.

Hallo!
> Currently $^O eq 'MSWin32' is reserved for usage Windows with ActiveState
> under 4NT shell. Cygwin should be handled like Unix in most cases.
Well, see below. Most of the cases are just only used in hamburg environment
and therefore it doesn't matter.

> Maybe we'll need a
> more granular approach for the mixed cases, when people use ActiveState
> whithin the cygwin environment (people really shouldn't do this)
Yes, a configure check that barks on USE_SHELL=4nt and $^O ne 'MSWin32'.

> The CWS tooling is meant for Unix only in the moment. It has never been tested
> on Windows. Incidently the original version can not work on Windows. The
> restriction has been removed for OOo but I doubt that it will work immediately
> out of the box.
Just say so, when you need a tester for W32-tcsh (cygwin) environment. ;)

Some comments on the suspicious lines:
(I only looked at the occurences with MSWin.)

The cws stuff first:

> solenv/bin/cwsresync.pl:871:        if ( $^O =~ "MSWin32" )
> solenv/bin/cwsresync.pl:1508:        print_error("Operation not (yet)
                                 supported on Windows", 9) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
should both be $ENV{OS} eq "WNT"

> solenv/bin/modules/Cvs.pm:85:        if ($^O eq "MSWin32" || $^O eq "os2" ) {
Should be $ENV{OS} eq "WNT"

> solenv/bin/modules/CvsModule.pm:78:my $t_cvs_binary = ($^O eq 'MSWin32') ?
'cvsclt2.exe' : 'cvs.clt2';
Should be $ENV{OS} eq "WNT"

> solenv/bin/cwsadd.pl:231:    if ( $^O =~ "MSWin32" )
> solenv/bin/cwsadd.pl:484:		    if ( $^O =~ "MSWin32" )
An OS check is meant.

> solenv/bin/cwsanalyze.pl:795:            print_error("Operation not (yet)
>                            supported on Windows", 9) if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
An OS check is meant.

> solenv/bin/cwscreate.pl:275:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
> solenv/bin/cwscreate.pl:298:        $globalini = ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' )
Hamburg special, OS check

Now the rest, I guess it is all hamburg environment related, and
therefore no problem for OOo.

> solenv/bin/setsolar.pl:280:            if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
> solenv/bin/setsolar.pl:548:        if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
OS check

> solenv/bin/setsolar.pl:886:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
4nt check

> solenv/bin/setsolar.pl:1150:        if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
OK

> solenv/bin/setsolar.pl:1490:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
4nt check

> solenv/bin/setsolar.pl:1531:        $globalini = ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) 
> solenv/bin/setsolar.pl:1702:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
OS check

> solenv/bin/setsolar.pl:1735:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
4nt+Activestate checks

> solenv/bin/deliver.pl:225:        $command =~ s#/#\\#g if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
OK

> solenv/bin/deliver.pl:1023:    $zipexe .= ' -y' unless  $^O eq 'MSWin32';
Hmmm, I'm unsure here. zip -y obviously works with the cygwin zip, so the
test should be changed to: $ENV{USE_SHELL} ne "4nt"
but I'm not sure why the native zip shouldn't use "-y". I don't have that
version here.

> solenv/bin/modules/CreatePDBRelocators.pm:121:	if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
Should be $ENV{OS} eq "WNT", or even $ENV{COM} eq "MSC"

> solenv/bin/build.pl:111:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
> solenv/bin/build.pl:542:    if ( ($^O eq 'MSWin32') && (!defined $ENV{SHELL})) {
> solenv/bin/build.pl:1387:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
OK, but these imply 4nt.

> solenv/bin/build.pl:1426:        if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
ActiveState renames, unix deletes?

> solenv/bin/build.pl:1713:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
hamburg environment only, OS check

> solenv/bin/build.pl:1747:		if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
hamburg environment, really a 4nt check

> solenv/bin/build.pl:1775:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
ActiveState renames, unix deletes?

> solenv/bin/build.pl:1792:    if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
check for 4nt

Well, CWS tools work for W32-tcsh. So I close this issue. I'll open a new issue
should I find a problem.

oops, still open...