[Box Backup] Cross-compilation with i586-mingw32msvc under Ubuntu Hard

[Achim]

Hello Chris:

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:29:50 +0000 (GMT), Chris Wilson <chris@qwirx.com>
wrote:
> I do compile native from cygwin, i.e. cross-compiling from cygwin using 
> gcc's -mno-cygwin, following the instructions in 
> docs/api-docs/backup/win32_build_on_cygwin_using_mingw.txt, which are 
> consequently much better tested than the cross-compiler instructions.

I will have a go at that now and report back any findings. Thanks for your
patience, I hope that all this back and forth will add to the robustness of
the build process!

Best regards, Achim