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1. src/makefile.w32 does not work.

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Requirement: your shell must be COMMAND-like

In any case, there is now a makefile that supports bash/sh

Somebody already wrote such a Makefile under a systag of 8 and included win32 .DLL support IIRC... You should ask at grx@gnu.de, if you haven't done that already.

and I hope you will include it with future releases (somebody else might be saved all my trouble).

That's up to Mariano, he's the maintainer. -- E-gards: Jimmy