# \[Fwd: \[ANNOUNCEMENT\] MSYS-1.0.4 released.\]\]

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/fwd-announcement-msys-1-0-4-released/5920>\
**Category:** SDL Development\
**Created:** [January 28, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/fwd-announcement-msys-1-0-4-released/5920 "2002-01-28T04:42:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earnie\_Boyd](https://discourse.libsdl.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Earnie\_Boyd](https://discourse.libsdl.org/u/Earnie_Boyd)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2002, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/fwd-announcement-msys-1-0-4-released/5920/1 "2002-01-28T04:42:11Z")

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FYI, thought you might like to know that I was able to use MSYS and  
MinGW native utilities to build the Win32/MinGW version of SDL-1.2.3 on  
a Win32 platform just doing a `…/configure && gmake MAKE=gmake’. See  
[mingw.sf.net](http://mingw.sf.net) for more details.

Earnie.\> ----- Original Message -----

> Subject: [Mingw-users] [ANNOUNCEMENT] MSYS-1.0.4 released.  
> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:44:12 -0500  
> From: @Earnie_Boyd (Earnie Boyd)  
> Reply-To: Earnie Boyd   
> To: Earnie Boyd ,Earnie Boyd
> 
> I’ve just released MSYS-1.0.4 which you can find at  
> [MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows - Browse Files at SourceForge.net](http://sf.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435) the MinGW file list  
> page. With this release symlinks used as arguments are resolved before  
> they are passed to the native program.
> 
> I’ve successfully executed configure and make for the following:
> 
> hello-1.3 ([www.gnu.org](http://www.gnu.org))  
> Mesa-4.0.1 ([mesa3d.sf.net](http://mesa3d.sf.net))  
> SDL-1.2.3 ([www.libsdl.org](http://www.libsdl.org))
> 
> Have fun with it,  
> Earnie.
> 
> P.S.: I’ve been chosen by upper management to attend a 2 day training  
> class. I’ll not be attending mail during the day this Monday and  
> Tuesday, Jan 28th and 29th. I’ll try to get to it in the evening but  
> that might not be possible.
> 
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