Although the documentation to install Drush on Windows is complete (see http://drupal.org/node/594744 ), README doens't say that you need to install a few binaries in order to get Drush working properly.
This leads to several issues:
#776724: An error occured at drush_pm_download
#483110: Update fails silently on Windows (GNU Tar on Windows)
#330023: Install on Windows system

So here's a small patch in order to clarify the install steps.

I'm not sure regarding the step 2 of documentation saying you shoud use bsdtar for tar, so I let this out.

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drush_windows_README.patch914 bytestostinni

Comments

moshe weitzman’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed

committed. thx.

greg.1.anderson’s picture

Status: Fixed » Patch (to be ported)

Applicable to 3.x README too.

moshe weitzman’s picture

Status: Patch (to be ported) » Fixed

committed to 6--3

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.