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Specify minimum version for some MinGW packages.

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@ -443,11 +443,22 @@ the FFmpeg Windows Help Forum at
@subsection Native Windows compilation
FFmpeg can be built to run natively on Windows using the MinGW tools. Install
the current versions of MSYS and MinGW from @url{http://www.mingw.org/}. Also
install the coreutils package, and update to the latest MSYS make (note: not
mingw32-make). You can find detailed installation
the latest versions of MSYS and MinGW from @url{http://www.mingw.org/}.
You can find detailed installation
instructions in the download section and the FAQ.
FFmpeg does not build out-of-the-box with the packages the automated MinGW
installer provides. It also requires coreutils to be installed and many other
packages updated to the latest version. The minimum version for some packages
are listed below:
@itemize
@item bash 3.1
@item msys-make 3.81-2 (note: not mingw32-make)
@item w32api 3.12
@item mingw-runtime 3.15
@end itemize
Within the MSYS shell, configure and make with:
@example
@ -464,9 +475,6 @@ Notes:
@itemize
@item Use at least bash 3.1. Older versions are known to fail on the
configure script.
@item In order to compile vhooks, you must have a POSIX-compliant libdl in
your MinGW system. Get dlfcn-win32 from
@url{http://code.google.com/p/dlfcn-win32}.