How to build gcompris on Windows

FIXME: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/1999-05/msg00249.html
       tells how to associate Gcompris.ico with Gcompris.exe

1: MINGW
===========

 * MinGW (www.mingw.org) is the Minimalist GNU for Windows.
   Unlike cygwin, apps built with MinGW don't require any middleware
   libraries to run.  That's why I chose it over cygwin for Gcompris.
 * Download the "MinGW" installer exe and install into c:\mingw\ .
 * Download the "MSYS" and "MSYS Developer Toolkit" installer exes
   and install into c:\msys\ .
 * Copy the .profile file from the bottom of this document into
   c:\msys\1.0\home\yourname\.profile .
 * if msvcrt.dll is not in your Windows/System folder, get it
   from http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/win95/dll
   or by installing Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher


2: LIBRARY PREREQUISITES
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I installed each of the prerequisites in its own directory underneath
c:\msys\1.0\opt\, so that (1) they're easy to blow away piece-by-piece
to upgrade to newer versions, and (2) they show up as /opt/gtk, /opt/libxml,
and so on from msys, which is reasonably clear.  If you choose a different
hierarchy make sure to tweak your .profile.

2.1 GTK
=======
+ gcompris needs gtk to run.
* Install the latest "GTK Runtime Environment"
  and "GTK Development Environment" -- *IN THAT ORDER* --
  from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-win/
  into c:\msys\1.0\opt\gtk
* edit /opt/gtk/bin/glib-gettextize, replace "/target" with "/opt/gtk"
* sanity check: you should now be able to run gtk-demo.exe from msys.

2.2 LIBXML2
===========
+ gcompris needs libxml2 to run.
* Snag a tarball from ftp://xmlsoft.org/ and untar it in your msys home directory.
* ./configure --prefix=/opt/libxml2; make; make install
* edit /opt/libxml2/lib/pkgconfig/libxml-2.0.pc:
  Add " -lws2_32 " to the end of the "Libs:" line.
* Sanity check: "$ pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0" should give meaningful output now.
* Sanity check: "$ pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0" should also work, and include -lws2_32

2.6 PREREQUISITE SUMMARY
========================
* At this point, you must have the following subdirectories:
  + /opt/gtk
  + /opt/libxml2
* And, if you plan on building from CVS, you'll also need:
  + /opt/gnome-common

3: BUILDING GCOMPRIS.EXE
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* Get a tarball or CVS snapshot of gcompris.
* run ./autogen.sh from gcompris's top-level directory.  This will take a long time.
* copy the provided config.h.windows to config.h
* convert all src/boards/*.c files from dynamic plugin naming to static plugin using
  the provided tool src/boards/boards2static.pl. To do this:
  cd src/boards/
  mkdir static
  ./boards2static.pl
  mv static/*.c .
* Go back to the top-level directory
* *drum roll...* make!
* edit the Makefile manualy to add includes and library dependancies when missing
* copy the share directory that is created at the gcompris binary installation in
  src/gcompris in order to have src/gcompris/share
* run ./gcompris.exe

APPENDIX: MY .profile
=====================

  # Life with MinGW
  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mwindows -mno-cygwin -mms-bitfields"
  export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I/c/mingw/include -DWINDOWS -DWIN32"
  export PATH="$PATH:/c/mingw/bin"

  # GTK
  export GTK_HOME="/opt/gtk"
  export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$GTK_HOME/include"
  export PATH="$GTK_HOME/bin:$GTK_HOME/lib:$PATH"
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$GTK_HOME/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
  export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="$ACLOCAL_FLAGS -I $GTK_HOME/share/aclocal"
  export LIBICONV="$GTK_HOME/lib/iconv.dll"

  # LIBXML2
  export LIBXML2_HOME="/opt/libxml2"
  export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$LIBXML2_HOME/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"

  echo "Loaded .profile..."