Reverted this with 0742b387253f25: it seems to break appveyor, which produces lots of messages like:
chmod: cannot access 'link_rust.sh': No such file or directorychmod: cannot access 'contrib/dist/tor.sh': No such file or directorychmod: cannot access 'contrib/dist/torctl': No such file or directorychmod: cannot access 'scripts/maint/checkOptionDocs.pl': No such file or directorychmod
Trac: Status: closed to reopened Resolution: implemented toN/A
Since our previous (ugly) approach worked, and this approach (though supported!) didn't, I'm going to call this wontfix -- but please reopen if you know a way around the windows issues noted above.
Trac: Status: reopened to closed Resolution: N/Ato wontfix