[tor-bugs] #4260 [Tor Client]: [PATCH] Update TOR build instructions for mingw

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#4260: [PATCH] Update TOR build instructions for mingw
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 Reporter:  Tey'         |          Owner:               
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:               
Component:  Tor Client   |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.2.32
 Keywords:               |         Parent:               
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:               
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 Hi,

 I've updated the documentation for building TOR on MinGW, and attached the
 result (and the patch). Please, consider replacing the file <doc/tor-win32
 -mingw-creation.txt> with it.

 Here are the main changes:
  - the MinGW installer includes the MSYS and DTK packages, so there no
 need to download and install them separately.
  - there's no more issue with symlinks for openssl.
  - specifying "mingw" to the "Configure" command is enough to disable
 openssl ciphers/hashes that don't compile on MinGW.
  - since v1.2.5, zlib needs some extra (?) environment variables for its
 installation.
  - the libraries download links have been updated so that they point to
 the latest version to date.
  - instructions for executing unit-tests have been added for the libraries
 and TOR.

 Maybe zlib should be built before openssl since some optional features of
 openssl seems to depend on zlib. I followed these instructions in order to
 build TOR successfully on my WinXP computer.

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