Index: libtool.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/libtool.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.266
diff -u -r1.266 libtool.m4
--- libtool.m4	11 Oct 2002 15:52:08 -0000	1.266
+++ libtool.m4	15 Oct 2002 18:47:45 -0000
@@ -620,7 +620,14 @@
     lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=-1;
     ;;
 
-  *)
+  
+  mingw*)
+    # On msys 1.0 and win98, the maximum length was something like
+    # 200,000 and took around 45 minutes to get there... ouch!
+    lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=8192;
+    ;;
+
+ *)
     # If test is not a shell built-in, we'll probably end up computing a
     # maximum length that is only half of the actual maximum length, but
     # we can't tell.
@@ -1131,7 +1138,8 @@
     shlibpath_overrides_runpath=yes
     ;;
   yes,mingw*)
-    library_names_spec='${libname}`echo ${release} | sed -e 's/[[.]]/-/g'`${versuffix}.dll'
+    library_names_spec='$libname.dll.a'
+    soname_spec='${libname}`echo ${release} | sed -e 's/[[.]]/-/g'`${versuffix}.dll'
     sys_lib_search_path_spec=`$CC -print-search-dirs | grep "^libraries:" | sed -e "s/^libraries://" -e "s,=/,/,g"`
     if echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | [egrep ';[c-zC-Z]:/' >/dev/null]; then
       # It is most probably a Windows format PATH printed by
@@ -1144,6 +1152,14 @@
     else
       sys_lib_search_path_spec=`echo "$sys_lib_search_path_spec" | sed  -e "s/$PATH_SEPARATOR/ /g"`
     fi
+    postinstall_cmds='dlpath=`sh 2>&1 -c '\''. $dir/${file}i;echo \$dlname'\''`~
+      dldir=$destdir/`dirname \$dlpath`~
+      test -d \$dldir || mkdir -p \$dldir~
+      $install_prog .libs/$dlname \$dldir/$dlname'
+    postuninstall_cmds='dldll=`sh 2>&1 -c '\''. $file; echo \$dlname'\''`~
+      dlpath=$dir/\$dldll~
+       $rm \$dlpath'
+    shlibpath_overrides_runpath=yes
     ;;
   yes,pw32*)
     library_names_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/pw/'``echo ${release} | sed -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}.dll'
@@ -2624,12 +2640,25 @@
     else
       _LT_AC_TAGVAR(ld_shlibs, $1)=no
     fi
-	 ;;
+	;;
 
-  mingw* | pw32*)
-    # FIXME: insert proper C++ library support
-  	  _LT_AC_TAGVAR(ld_shlibs, $1)=no
-	 ;;
+  mingw* )
+    _LT_AC_TAGVAR(hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, $1)='-L$libdir'
+    _LT_AC_TAGVAR(always_export_symbols, $1)=no
+
+    if $LD --help 2>&1 | egrep 'auto-import' > /dev/null; then
+      _LT_AC_TAGVAR(archive_cmds, $1)='$CC '$lt_cv_cc_dll_switch' $libobjs $deplibs $compiler_flags -o $output_objdir/$soname ${wl}--out-implib,${lib}'
+      _LT_AC_TAGVAR(archive_expsym_cmds, $1)='$CC '$lt_cv_cc_dll_switch' $libobjs $deplibs $compiler_flags -o $output_objdir/$soname ${wl}-retain-symbols-file $wl$export_symbols ${wl}--out-implib,${lib}'
+    else
+      _LT_AC_TAGVAR(ld_shlibs, $1)=no
+    fi
+	;;
+
+
+  pw32* )
+     # FIXME: insert proper C++ library support
+    _LT_AC_TAGVAR(ld_shlibs, $1)=no
+	;;
 
   dgux*)
     case $cc_basename in
@@ -4517,7 +4546,7 @@
       _LT_AC_TAGVAR(export_symbols_cmds, $1)='$NM -BCpg $libobjs $convenience | awk '\''{ if (((\[$]2 == "T") || (\[$]2 == "D") || (\[$]2 == "B")) && ([substr](\[$]3,1,1) != ".")) { print \[$]3 } }'\'' | sort -u > $export_symbols'
     fi
     ;;
-  mingw* | pw32*)
+  pw32*)
     _LT_AC_TAGVAR(export_symbols_cmds, $1)="$ltdll_cmds"
   ;;
   *)
@@ -4621,7 +4650,7 @@
       fi
       ;;
 
-    cygwin*)
+    cygwin* | mingw*)
       # _LT_AC_TAGVAR(hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, $1) is actually meaningless,
       # as there is no search path for DLLs.
       _LT_AC_TAGVAR(hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, $1)='-L$libdir'
@@ -4635,7 +4664,8 @@
       fi
       ;;
 
-    mingw* | pw32*)
+    # This pw32 section is mostly antique stuff preserved from Cygwin/MinGW.
+    pw32*)
       # _LT_AC_TAGVAR(hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, $1) is actually meaningless, as there is
       # no search path for DLLs.
       _LT_AC_TAGVAR(hardcode_libdir_flag_spec, $1)='-L$libdir'
Index: ltmain.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/libtool/libtool/ltmain.in,v
retrieving revision 1.301
diff -u -r1.301 ltmain.in
--- ltmain.in	25 Sep 2002 04:26:20 -0000	1.301
+++ ltmain.in	15 Oct 2002 18:47:46 -0000
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@
 	    elif test -n "$soname_spec"; then
 	      # bleh windows
 	      case $host in
-	      *cygwin*)
+	      *cygwin* | mingw*)
 		major=`expr $current - $age`
 		versuffix="-$major"
 		;;
@@ -4475,7 +4475,7 @@
 	  # place dlname in correct position for cygwin
 	  tdlname=$dlname
 	  case $host,$output,$installed,$module,$dlname in
-	    *cygwin*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll) tdlname=../bin/$dlname ;;
+	    *cygwin*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll | *mingw*,*lai,yes,no,*.dll) tdlname=../bin/$dlname ;;
 	  esac
 	  $echo > $output "\
 # $outputname - a libtool library file