How to build Box Backup for Windows (Native) on Linux using MinGW
By Chris Wilson, 2005-12-07

Install the MinGW cross-compiler for Windows:

- Debian users can "apt-get install mingw32"
- Fedora and SuSE users can download RPM packages from 
  [http://mirzam.it.vu.nl/mingw/]

Download Zlib from [http://www.zlib.net/], unpack and enter source directory:

	export CC=i386-mingw32-gcc 
	export AR="i386-mingw32-ar rc" 
	export RANLIB="i386-mingw32-ranlib"
	./configure
	make
	make install prefix=/usr/local/i386-mingw32

Download OpenSSL 0.9.7 from 

Configure Box with:

	export CXX="i386-mingw32-g++"
	export AR=i386-mingw32-ar
	export RANLIB=i386-mingw32-ranlib
	export CFLAGS="-mthreads"
	export CXXFLAGS="-mthreads"
	export LDFLAGS="-mthreads"
	export LIBS="-lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32"
	./configure --target=i386-mingw32
	make CXX="$CXX" AR="$AR" RANLIB="$RANLIB"