Cannot compile Pidgin 2.10.12 for Windows (cannot find -lssl3, -lnss3, etc)

[Andrew Martin]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Martin" <amartin at xes-inc.com>
> To: "Daniel Atallah" <datallah at pidgin.im>
> Cc: support at pidgin.im
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 5:35:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Cannot compile Pidgin 2.10.12 for Windows (cannot find -lssl3, -lnss3, etc)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel Atallah" <datallah at pidgin.im>
> > To: "Andrew Martin" <amartin at xes-inc.com>
> > Cc: support at pidgin.im
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 12:44:39 PM
> > Subject: Re: Cannot compile Pidgin 2.10.12 for Windows (cannot find -lssl3,
> > -lnss3, etc)
> > 
> > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Andrew Martin <amartin at xes-inc.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am attempting to compile Pidgin 2.10.12 for Windows both on a host
> > Ubuntu
> > > 16.04 server as well as on Windows itself using cygwin. I have been
> > following
> > > these instructions:
> > > https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/BuildingWinPidgin#Themanualway
> > >
> > > On both Windows and Ubuntu, I get stuck at this point where -lssl3,
> > -lnss3, and
> > > a few others are not found:
> > > http://pastebin.com/RazgDckR
> > >
> > > How can I resolve this error and successfully compile Pidgin?
> > 
> > You likely need to apply the following 2 patches, which unfortunately were
> > not committed prior to when the 2.10.12 tarball was created:
> > 
> > https://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/raw-rev/30f7c83da15d
> > https://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/raw-rev/08cd626e63a9
> > 
> > -D
> > 
Hi Daniel,

I have now been able to successfully build the installer, however after I run it
on Windows I am unable to start Pidgin due to missing DLLs:
The program can't start because libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll is missing from your computer.

If I look at the Linux system where I built the installer, I see that the
libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll file is part of the gcc-mingw-w64-i686 package. Do I need to
set some additional compiler flag to instruct it to statically link these DLLs into
the installer?

Thanks,

Andrew