### Please describe the problem.
I installed git and git annex under Windows (8.1) and ran git annex test. All except one tests passed with "ok"

### What steps will reproduce the problem?
git annex test 
under Windows 8.1

### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
$ git --version
git version 1.9.0.msysgit.0

$ git annex version
git-annex version: 5.20140320-g63535e3
build flags: Assistant Webapp Webapp-secure Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV DNS Feeds Quvi TDFA CryptoHash key/value backends: SHA256E SHA1E SHA512E SHA224E SHA384E SKEIN256E SKEIN512E SHA256 SHA1 SHA512 SHA224 SHA384 SKEIN256 SKEIN512 WORM URL 
remote types: git gcrypt S3 bup directory rsync web webdav tahoe glacier hook external local repository version: 5 supported repository version: 5 upgrade supported from repository versions: 2 3 4

Windows 8.1

### Please provide any additional information below.

[[!format sh """
# If you can, paste a complete transcript of the problem occurring here.
# If the problem is with the git-annex assistant, paste in .git/annex/daemon.log

    prop_view_roundtrips:                           FAIL
      *** Failed! Falsifiable (after 814 tests and 5 shrinks):
      "a"
      IMneitta DTaetsat s(
fr o miLniistt:  [(MetaField "1\194",fromList [MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\r
+\231Gb\157\227\ETB\bG",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\DEL\239~\243_p\DC2."]),(
MetaField "EG",fromList [MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "",MetaValue (CurrentlySe
t True) "\v\205] .T(",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "\NAK\128lo\169w",MetaValue
 (CurrentlySet True) "\SYN\STX\ENQ\n#u\ETXv\CANP<F)",MetaValue (CurrentlySet Fal
se) "\US\213~",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "K\r3\v\165\&0\RSqk#\141",MetaValu
e (CurrentlySet False) "Kx\b\231\156\220?+\216\v\146",MetaValue (CurrentlySet Tr
ue) "j.\189\150\FS3{\233S\STX\SItg",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\242\248\134\
206\bal\174\135A\SI"]),(MetaField "k",fromList [MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\
FS\150\129\b\fhjV\DC3\203",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "V.&sZ\245\f\a_\227\14
0",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\136r\ENQK{/\SI'\SYNN\235Q?",MetaValue (Curren
tlySet True) "\179\255\233\227v\SUB]\n8",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\238S\DC
1"]),(MetaField "\179",fromList [MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\SOH+\ENQ",MetaV
alue (CurrentlySet True) "\ACK{\140\248I\DLEw^\\\ENQF4",MetaValue (CurrentlySet
False) "\FSc\239\r)HL\STX#V\DC1",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "Hc\219\146\230\1
79\207",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "I]",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "P\19
6\&0o\214\&8iH\251",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "`X",MetaValue (CurrentlySet F
alse) "u\DEL\DC3Q\200",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\128?",MetaValue (Currentl
ySet True) "\225\135\f>\128\US~p",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "\250C\b\DC1\17
6\154KT\191\SOf?\SI"]),(MetaField "\225a",fromList [MetaValue (CurrentlySet True
) "",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\b\ETB\b",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\f\
161\FS\176h-\ta\169\t",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "4",MetaValue (CurrentlySe
t True) "A\FS\244V:\249kl5\ETX\SOH\SI)",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "Z",MetaV
alue (CurrentlySet True) "\\Lt~\235v\"\211\DLE\NAK\210",MetaValue (CurrentlySet
False) "a\SYNN",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "g:init test repo U5j\167G\ap-\ETX
",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "l\NULoW\238rD",MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "
}\202\141\183Nxr",MetaValue (CurrentlySet False) "\170=\216S\ETB\187\SUB+!\DC3",
MetaValue (CurrentlySet True) "\240H\GS\NAK\ETB\SYNRq\153\&4\204\EOT"])])
      True
      Use --quickcheck-replay '13 347062936 40785707' to reproduce.
    prop_viewedFile_rountrips:                      OK
      +++ OK, passed 1000 t
e s tDse.t

# End of transcript or log.
"""]]

> A sort of windows-specific bug in the test suite. I've fixed it. [[done]]
> --[[Joey]]