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@@ -52,11 +52,17 @@
    * 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)):
+   For Example (You should add the following to your `~/.bashrc` file, which is found in \cygwin\home\YourUsername\):
 {{{
 #!sh
   export PATH=/cygdrive/c/devel/pidgin-devel/win32-dev/mingw/bin:$PATH
 }}}
+   If your Pidgin folder is inside Cygwin's, it should look more like this:
+{{{
+#!sh
+  export PATH=/pidgin-devel/win32-dev/mingw/bin:$PATH
+}}}
+
 
 == Install Pidgin's build dependencies ==
 
@@ -82,10 +88,10 @@
 #!sh
 mingw-get remove msys-perl-bin
 }}}
-   * ''or'' Set your !ActivePerl 5.10 installation location at the beginning of the `PATH`.  Assuming it is installed in `c:\Perl`, put something like this in your `~/.bashrc`:
-{{{
-#!sh
-export PATH=/c/Perl/bin:$PATH
+   * ''or'' Set your !ActivePerl 5.10 installation location at the beginning of the Cygwin-specific `PATH`.  Assuming it is installed in `c:\Perl`, put something like this in your `~/.bashrc`:
+{{{
+#!sh
+export PATH=/cygdrive/c/Perl/bin:$PATH
 }}}
 
 === Tcl 8.4.5 ===
@@ -129,6 +135,19 @@
   The development source is available via monotone. See [wiki:UsingPidginMonotone] for more information.
 
 == Build Pidgin ==
+
+  First, make absolutely sure you have the GCC installer version 4.4.0 installed -- newer versions will cause the long build process to fail. You can do this by typing 
+{{{
+gcc --version
+}}}
+
+  Second, you'll have to edit the (current) Pidgin makefile, because there's a silly flag buried in it that WILL cause your makefile to break. In your Pidgin folder (e.g. /pidgin-devel/pidgin-xxxx/libpurple/win32/global.mak), remove the "-mno-cygwin" flag, leaving your build file like  this:
+{{{
+CFLAGS += -O2 -Wall $(GCCWARNINGS) -pipe -mms-bitfields -g
+}}
+  If you don't remove that silly flag, you'll get build errors about halfway through. (It looks like the flag was deprecated about 5-10 years ago anyway.)
+
+
   Run the following:
 {{{
 #!sh
@@ -140,7 +159,7 @@
 == Build the Pidgin Installer ==
 
   * If you want to build the Pidgin installer, do the following (skip to the `make` command below if you chose to use the Build Environment Fetcher):
-    * Download and install [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download NSIS]. Include NSIS to your `PATH`.
+    * Download and install [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Download NSIS]. Include NSIS to Cygwin's `PATH`.
      *  For information on the NSIS installer, visit the [http://nsis.sourceforge.net NSIS website].[[BR]]
     * Download the [http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Nsisunz_plug-in nsisunz plugin], and extract `nsisunz.dll` into the `Plugins` directory of your NSIS installation.
     * If you are building the installer from a unix-style shell (like the MinGW shell), the options format must be set accordingly. Make sure there is a `pidgin/local.mak` file containing the line:

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