Debian's Wine packages build with --without-mingw. See debian/rules in: http://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/wine/wine_5.0.3-3.debian.tar.xz If I remember correctly this increases the chance of not being able to run applications that expect specific binary layouts for Windows function prologues, i.e. mostly those with copy-prevention / anti-cheat schemes. If so packages that needlessly disable MinGW are doing their users a disservice and are not presenting Wine in its best light. Do I remember correctly? Should packagers be advised not to compile without MinGW? -- Francois Gouget <fgouget(a)free.fr> http://fgouget.free.fr/ Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment -- Barry LePatner