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Comment: Improve the gcc instructions and fix links

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 c:\devel\pidgin-devel\win32-dev\gtk_2_0-2.14\include\libintl.h
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-  3. Install the MinGW "GCC Version 4" packages from the [http://www.mingw.org MinGW site].
-  * There isn't currently an installer for these; the following instructions are distilled from the MinGW manual instructions [http://www.mingw.org/wiki/InstallationHOWTOforMinGW#toc2 here]
+  3. Install the MinGW "GCC Version 4.4.0" packages from the [http://www.mingw.org MinGW site].
+  * There isn't an installer for these; the following instructions have distilled from the MinGW manual instructions
+  ** There are known issues with the 4.6.x versions for mingw gcc; be sure to use the version as described below
   * Create a `win32-dev/mingw` directory and download the following into it:
-   * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/GNU-Binutils/binutils-2.20/binutils-2.20-1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz/download binutils-2.20]
-   * mingw-runtime 3.17 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/RuntimeLibrary/MinGW-RT/mingwrt-3.17/mingwrt-3.17-mingw32-dev.tar.gz/download dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/RuntimeLibrary/MinGW-RT/mingwrt-3.17/mingwrt-3.17-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download dll])
-   * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/RuntimeLibrary/Win32-API/w32api-3.14/w32api-3.14-mingw32-dev.tar.gz/download w32-api 3.14]
-   * Required runtime libraries for GCC ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/GCC/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/gmp-4.2.4-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download gmp 4.2.4], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/libiconv/libiconv-1.13.1-1/libiconv-1.13.1-1-mingw32-dll-2.tar.lzma/download libiconv 1.13.1], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/GCC/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/mpfr-2.4.1-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download MPFR 2.4.1] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/GCC/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/pthreads-w32-2.8.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download pthreads 2.8.0])
-   * gcc-core 4.4.0 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/GCC/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-bin.tar.gz/download bin] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/BaseSystem/GCC/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download dll])
+   * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/binutils/binutils-2.20/binutils-2.20-1-mingw32-bin.tar.gz/download binutils-2.20]
+   * mingw-runtime 3.17 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/mingw-rt/mingwrt-3.17/mingwrt-3.17-mingw32-dev.tar.gz/download dev] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/mingw-rt/mingwrt-3.17/mingwrt-3.17-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download dll])
+   * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/w32api/w32api-3.14/w32api-3.14-mingw32-dev.tar.gz/download w32-api 3.14]
+   * Required runtime libraries for GCC ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/gmp-4.2.4-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download gmp 4.2.4], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/libiconv/libiconv-1.13.1-1/libiconv-1.13.1-1-mingw32-dll-2.tar.lzma/download libiconv 1.13.1], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/mpfr-2.4.1-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download MPFR 2.4.1] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/pthreads-w32-2.8.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download pthreads 2.8.0])
+   * gcc-core 4.4.0 ([http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-bin.tar.gz/download bin] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MinGW/Base/gcc/Version4/Previous%20Release%20gcc-4.4.0/gcc-core-4.4.0-mingw32-dll.tar.gz/download dll])
   * Extract all of the above downloaded files directly into the `win32-dev/mingw` directory.
   * You will need to set MinGW's bin directory before Cygwin's in your `PATH`.[[BR]]
    For Example (You can add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file (create the file if it doesn't exist yet)):

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