you need to install msys as well. From http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435 you need to download MSYS-1.0.11-2004.04.30-1.exe (from the snapshot dir) and msysDTK-1.0.1.exe. When you have that set up you should also get SDL 1.2.8, apply the patch for it that is around here and then compile that as well.

Well that helped some as I already had MSYS. I had downloaded the msysDTK file but had not installed it. I just got the release version of MSYS do I need the snapshot version? And what is the patch for SLD that you mentioned?

yes, definitely go with the snapshot version and you need to install the dtk but install in this order: dtk and then the snapshot.
The SDL patch is here somewhere 😀 got to find it as well again...

Any clues on what would cause this?

$ ./autogen.sh
Generating build information using aclocal, autoheader, automake and autoconf
This may take a while ...
Can't locate Automake/Config.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/automake-1.8 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/msys /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/msys /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /mingw/bin/aclocal line 36.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /mingw/bin/aclocal line 36.
Can't locate Autom4te/ChannelDefs.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/autoconf /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/msys /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/msys /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /mingw/bin/autoheader line 42.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /mingw/bin/autoheader line 42.
Can't locate Automake/Struct.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/share/automake-1.8 /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/msys /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/msys /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /mingw/bin/automake line 47.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /mingw/bin/automake line 47.
configure.in:11: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.in:12: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_CONFIG_HEADER
configure.in:24: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_SDL
configure.in:72: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PATH_ALSA

from the download link, download from the current -msys section those autoconf, automake, libtool and install those as well.
Sorry, but I do throw that stuff in there automatically now when I restup my msys environment, so i tend to forget to mention this 😀

😵 OK that did the trick 😁 Now I can get the current CVS and compile it but I have not tested the exe it created yet 🙄

😢 Well it does not work now. I was sure it worked before 😒 Now its FOOBAR 😜 I am going to delete everything and try again form the top. 😵 Same thing happend at work today but that I was able to see what happend, in this case I did not mess with anything and it just broke on its own which is of course impossiable 😮

😕 Had to deinstall MinGW and all of MinSYS but it seems to work now after reinstalling everything 😒

yeah, mingw/msys can be tricky at times. Glad you have it working now.

😎 Yes thanks for all your help 😁