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> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:41:11 +0000
> 
> > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gnuwin32 has Texinfo v4.6 which
> > should support @copying.
> 
> It does indeed, I've got it, and it worked!  That is a useful
> general-purpose address to know.

That's true, but please note that some ports have bugs in them.  In
particular, the forward vs backslashes issue is quite broken in many
ports, and wildcards are not expanded as on Unix.  Caveat emptor!

Still, this is the best suite of GNU software ports for Windows,
AFAIU.