I just tested building it on a "virgin" xp system download the mingw installer from mingw.org and execute. downlaod msys installer from mingw and execute. download and unzip libz binaries and development packages from gnuwin32.sf.net. I copied them in c:\MinGW download fossil binary. i copied fossil.exe to c:\MinGW\bin
open msys and type fossil clone http://www.fossil-scm.org/ myclone.fossil mkdir fossil cd fossil fossil open ../myclone.fossil make -f Makefile.win32 ./fossil rebuild cp fossil.exe /c/MinGW/bin Upgrading to the latest open msys cd fossil fossil update make -f Makefile.win32 ./fossil rebuild cp fossil.exe /c/MinGW/bin Rene _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users

