2.8.7 build failure with Mingw 5.1.3 on Vista

[Tim Stahlhut]

Vadim Zeitlin wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:47:35 -0800 (PST) raananb <raanan at barzel.org> wrote:
>
> r> Building wx2.8.7 using DialogBlocks (build for wxMSW) works fine out of the
> r> box with Watcom C++ but fails with GCC (all configurations). Any specific
> r> reason for failure with GCC (I am no expert in make) ?
> ...
> r> gcc.exe: installation problem, cannot exec `cc1': No such file or directory
>
>  The explanation is right there and it really has nothing to do with wx.
> Your gcc is not installed correctly and doesn't work (try compiling "hello
> world" with it). You will find better luck with this question on Mingw32
> mailing lists.
>
>  Regards,
> VZ
>

Standard minGW 3.4.5 does not work on Vista, gives the above error.
There are patched copyies of it somewhere on internet. Also, a few work
arounds.

Tim S