diff --git a/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.18-20151217.diff b/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.18-20151217.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index f16a2eae..00000000
--- a/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-9.18-20151217.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nrub -x '*~' -x '*\.orig' -x'*\.o' ghostscript-9.18.orig/base/gscdef.c ghostscript-9.18/base/gscdef.c
---- ghostscript-9.18.orig/base/gscdef.c	2015-10-05 10:21:11.000000000 +0200
-+++ ghostscript-9.18/base/gscdef.c	2015-12-17 20:29:06.241525800 +0100
-@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
- const char *const gs_doc_directory = GS_DOCDIR;
- 
- /* Define the default library search path. */
--const char *const gs_lib_default_path = GS_LIB_DEFAULT;
-+const char *const gs_lib_default_path = "..\\share\\ghostscript\\9.18\\Resource\\Init;..\\share\\ghostscript\\9.18\\lib;..\\share\\ghostscript\\9.18\\Resource\\Font;..\\share\\ghostscript\\fonts;..\\share\\fonts\\default\\ghostscript;..\\share\\fonts\\default\\Type1;..\\share\\fonts\\default\\TrueType;..\\msys\\usr\\lib\\DPS\\outline\\base;..\\msys\\usr\\openwin\\lib\\X11\\fonts\\Type1;..\\msys\\usr\\openwin\\lib\\X11\\fonts\\TrueType";
- 
- /* Define the interpreter initialization file. */
- const char *const gs_init_file = GS_INIT;
-diff -Nrub -x '*~' -x '*\.orig' -x'*\.o' ghostscript-9.18.orig/contrib/eplaser/gdevescv.c ghostscript-9.18/contrib/eplaser/gdevescv.c
---- ghostscript-9.18.orig/contrib/eplaser/gdevescv.c	2015-10-05 10:21:11.000000000 +0200
-+++ ghostscript-9.18/contrib/eplaser/gdevescv.c	2015-12-17 17:12:44.188606100 +0100
-@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
- 
- #include "math_.h"
- #include <stdlib.h>		/* for abs() */
--#include <sys/utsname.h>	/* for uname(2) */
- #include <ctype.h>		/* for toupper(3) */
- 
- #include "time_.h"
-@@ -820,13 +819,8 @@
- get_sysname ( void )
- {
-   char *result = NULL;
--  struct utsname utsn;
- 
--  if (0 == uname (&utsn))
--    {
--      result = strdup (utsn.sysname);
--    }
--  return result;
-+  return strdup("mingw");
- }
- 
- /* EPSON printer model name translation.
-diff -Nrub -x '*~' -x '*\.orig' -x'*\.o' ghostscript-9.18.orig/contrib/pcl3/eprn/pagecount.c ghostscript-9.18/contrib/pcl3/eprn/pagecount.c
---- ghostscript-9.18.orig/contrib/pcl3/eprn/pagecount.c	2015-10-05 10:21:11.000000000 +0200
-+++ ghostscript-9.18/contrib/pcl3/eprn/pagecount.c	2015-12-17 20:14:09.981262600 +0100
-@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@
- 
- static int lock_file(const char *filename, FILE *f, int lock_type)
- {
-+#if 0
-   int
-     fd,
-     rc,
-     tries;
-   struct flock cmd;
--
-   /* Obtain file descriptor */
-   fd = fileno(f);
-   if (fd == -1) {
-@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
-   }
- 
-   return 0;
-+#else
-+  return -1;
-+#endif
- }
- 
- /******************************************************************************
-@@ -151,11 +154,11 @@
-   }
- 
-   /* Lock the file for reading (shared lock) */
--  if (lock_file(filename, f, F_RDLCK) != 0) {
-+/*  if (lock_file(filename, f, F_RDLCK) != 0) {
-     fclose(f);
-     return 1;
-   }
--
-+*/
-   /* Read the contents */
-   if (read_count(filename, f, count) != 0) {
-     fclose(f);
-@@ -204,11 +207,11 @@
-   }
- 
-   /* Lock the file for writing (exclusively) */
--  if (lock_file(filename, f, F_WRLCK) != 0) {
-+/*  if (lock_file(filename, f, F_WRLCK) != 0) {
-     fclose(f);
-     return 1;
-   }
--
-+*/
-   /* Reposition on the beginning. fopen() with "a" as above opens the file at
-      EOF. */
-   if (fseek(f, 0L, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
-diff -Nrub -x '*~' -x '*\.orig' -x'*\.o' ghostscript-9.18.orig/ijs/ijs_exec_unix.c ghostscript-9.18/ijs/ijs_exec_unix.c
---- ghostscript-9.18.orig/ijs/ijs_exec_unix.c	2015-10-05 10:21:11.000000000 +0200
-+++ ghostscript-9.18/ijs/ijs_exec_unix.c	2015-12-17 20:18:02.538564100 +0100
-@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
-  * SOFTWARE.
- **/
- 
-+#ifdef _WIN32
-+#include "ijs_exec_win.c"
-+#else
- #include "unistd_.h"
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
-@@ -101,3 +104,4 @@
- 
-   return 0;
- }
-+#endif
-\ No newline at end of file
-diff -Nrub -x '*~' -x '*\.orig' -x'*\.o' ghostscript-9.18.orig/psi/iapi.c ghostscript-9.18/psi/iapi.c
---- ghostscript-9.18.orig/psi/iapi.c	2015-10-05 10:21:12.000000000 +0200
-+++ ghostscript-9.18/psi/iapi.c	2015-12-17 20:46:30.924278200 +0100
-@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
-          * format (in this case whatever codepage is set) to utf8 format. At
-          * the moment, all the other OS we care about provide utf8 anyway.
-          */
--        gs_main_inst_arg_decode(get_minst_from_memory(ctx->memory), gp_local_arg_encoding_get_codepoint);
-+        gs_main_inst_arg_decode(get_minst_from_memory(ctx->memory), NULL/*gp_local_arg_encoding_get_codepoint*/);
- #else
-         gs_main_inst_arg_decode(get_minst_from_memory(ctx->memory), NULL);
- #endif /* WIN32 */
diff --git a/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-exports-fix.diff b/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-exports-fix.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 69c7ef4a..00000000
--- a/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-exports-fix.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Nrub -x '*~' -x '*\.orig' -x'*\.o' ghostscript-9.19/psi/iapi.h.orig ghostscript-9.19/psi/iapi.h
---- ghostscript-9.19/psi/iapi.h.orig    2016-03-23 11:22:48.000000000 +0300
-+++ ghostscript-9.19/psi/iapi.h 2017-08-31 21:12:46.699912800 +0300
-@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
- extern "C" {
- #endif
-
--#if defined(_WINDOWS_) || defined(__WINDOWS__)
-+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WINDOWS__)
- # ifndef _Windows
- #  define _Windows
- # endif
diff --git a/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch b/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d632fcbb..00000000
--- a/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-diff -up ghostscript-9.12/configure.ac.sys-zlib ghostscript-9.12/configure.ac
---- ghostscript-9.12/configure.ac.sys-zlib	2014-03-26 11:48:54.983972222 +0000
-+++ ghostscript-9.12/configure.ac	2014-03-26 11:49:36.807230531 +0000
-@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([for local zlib source])
- dnl zlib is needed for language level 3, and libpng
- # we must define ZLIBDIR regardless because png.mak does a -I$(ZLIBDIR)
- # this seems a harmless default
--ZLIBDIR=src
-+ZLIBDIR=$includedir
- AUX_SHARED_ZLIB=
- 
- if test -d $srcdir/zlib; then
-diff -up ghostscript-9.12/configure.sys-zlib ghostscript-9.12/configure
---- ghostscript-9.12/configure.sys-zlib	2014-03-26 11:49:45.547284521 +0000
-+++ ghostscript-9.12/configure	2014-03-26 11:49:56.171350127 +0000
-@@ -6254,7 +6254,7 @@ fi
- $as_echo_n "checking for local zlib source... " >&6; }
- # we must define ZLIBDIR regardless because png.mak does a -I$(ZLIBDIR)
- # this seems a harmless default
--ZLIBDIR=src
-+ZLIBDIR=$includedir
- AUX_SHARED_ZLIB=
- 
- if test -d $srcdir/zlib; then
-
diff --git a/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript.py b/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript.py
index 1777d0c6..c6c59f78 100644
--- a/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript.py
+++ b/libs/ghostscript/ghostscript.py
@@ -1,149 +1,140 @@
 import info
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.runtimeDependencies["virtual/base"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/zlib"] = None
         if not CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC():
             self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/msys"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/lcms2"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/freetype"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/openjpeg"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libpng"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/tiff"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/fontconfig"] = None
 
     def setTargets(self):
         self.svnTargets['master'] = 'git://git.ghostscript.com/ghostpdl.git'
-        for ver in ['9.19', '9.21']:
-            self.targets[
-                ver] = "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs%s/ghostscript-%s.tar.gz" % (
-            ver.replace(".", ""), ver)
-            self.targetInstSrc[ver] = 'ghostscript-%s' % ver
-            self.targetDigestUrls[ver] = ([
-                                              "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs%s/SHA1SUMS" % ver.replace(
-                                                  ".", "")], CraftHash.HashAlgorithm.SHA1)
         for ver in ['9.26']:
             ver2 = ver.replace(".", "")
+            self.patchToApply['9.26'] = []
             self.targets[ver] = f"https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs{ver2}/ghostscript-{ver}.tar.xz"
             self.targetInstSrc[ver] = f"ghostscript-{ver}"
             self.targetDigestUrls[ver] = ([f"https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs{ver2}/SHA512SUMS" ], CraftHash.HashAlgorithm.SHA512)
 
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMinGW():
-            self.patchToApply['9.19'] = [
-                # ("mingw-build.patch", 1),# origin: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/tree/master/mingw-w64-ghostscript
-                # ("ghostscript-sys-zlib.patch", 1),# origin: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/tree/master/mingw-w64-ghostscript
-                ("ghostscript-9.18-20151217.diff", 1),
-                ("ghostscript-exports-fix.diff", 1),
-                ("libspectre.patch", 1)
-                # origin: https://github.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/tree/master/mingw-w64-ghostscript
-            ]
-        else:
-            self.patchToApply['9.19'] = [("ghostscript-exports-fix.diff", 1)]
+            self.patchToApply['9.26'] += [(".9.26", 1)]
+        if CraftCore.compiler.isMacOS:
+            self.patchToApply['9.26'] += [("mac.diff", 1)]
         self.patchLevel['9.19'] = 1
-        self.patchToApply['9.26'] = [(".9.26", 1)]
-        self.patchLevel['9.26'] = 1
+        self.patchLevel['9.26'] = 2
         self.defaultTarget = '9.26'
 
 
 from Package.CMakePackageBase import *
 
 
 class PackageMSVC(CMakePackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         CMakePackageBase.__init__(self)
 
     def configure(self):
         return True
 
     def make(self):
         self.enterSourceDir()
 
         extraArgs = []
         if CraftCore.compiler.isX64():
             extraArgs.append("WIN64=")
         # because ghostscript doesn't know about msvc2015, it guesses wrong on this. But,
         # because of where we are, rc /should/ be in the path, so we'll just use that.
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC():
             extraArgs.append("RCOMP=rc.exe")
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC2017():
             # work-around: https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698426
             vcInstallDir = os.environ['VCINSTALLDIR'].rstrip('\\')
             extraArgs+= ["MSVC_VERSION=15", f"DEVSTUDIO=\"{vcInstallDir}\""]
         utils.system(["nmake", "-f",  "psi\\msvc.mak"] + extraArgs)
         return True
 
     def install(self):
         src = self.sourceDir()
         dst = self.imageDir()
 
         if not os.path.isdir(dst):
             os.mkdir(dst)
         if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dst, "bin")):
             os.mkdir(os.path.join(dst, "bin"))
         if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dst, "lib")):
             os.mkdir(os.path.join(dst, "lib"))
         if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dst, "include")):
             os.mkdir(os.path.join(dst, "include"))
         if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(dst, "include", "ghostscript")):
             os.mkdir(os.path.join(dst, "include", "ghostscript"))
 
         if CraftCore.compiler.isX64():
             _bit = "64"
         else:
             _bit = "32"
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(src, "bin", "gsdll%s.dll" % _bit), os.path.join(dst, "bin"), False)
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(src, "bin", "gsdll%s.lib" % _bit), os.path.join(dst, "lib"), False)
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(src, "bin", "gswin%s.exe" % _bit), os.path.join(dst, "bin"), False)
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(src, "bin", "gswin%sc.exe" % _bit), os.path.join(dst, "bin"), False)
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "psi", "iapi.h"),
                        os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "include", "ghostscript", "iapi.h"), False)
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "psi", "ierrors.h"),
                        os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "include", "ghostscript", "ierrors.h"), False)
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "devices", "gdevdsp.h"),
                        os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "include", "ghostscript", "gdevdsp.h"), False)
         utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "base", "gserrors.h"),
                        os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "include", "ghostscript", "gserrors.h"), False)
         utils.copyDir(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "lib"), os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "lib"), False)
 
         return True
 
 
 from Package.AutoToolsPackageBase import *
 
 
 class PackageMSys(AutoToolsPackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         AutoToolsPackageBase.__init__(self)
         #self.subinfo.options.make.supportsMultijob = False
-        self.subinfo.options.configure.args += " --with-drivers=ALL --disable-cups --with-system-libtiff --with-jbig2dec --enable-openjpeg --enable-fontconfig --enable-freetype --disable-contrib --without-x"
+        self.subinfo.options.configure.args += " --with-drivers=ALL --disable-cups" \
+                                               " --without-x --disable-contrib --enable-freetype" \
+                                               "  --with-jbig2dec --enable-openjpeg --disable-gtk --enable-fontconfig"
+
+        if not CraftCore.compiler.isMacOS:
+            self.subinfo.options.configure.args += " --with-system-libtiff"
+
         self.subinfo.options.make.args = "so all"
         self.subinfo.options.install.args = "install-so install"
         self.subinfo.options.useShadowBuild = False
 
     def unpack(self):
         if not AutoToolsPackageBase.unpack(self):
             return False
-        for d in ["freetype", "jpeg", "libpng", "lcms", "lcms2", "tiff", "zlib", "openjpeg"]:
+        forceSystemLibs = ["freetype", "jpeg", "libpng", "lcms", "lcms2", "zlib", "openjpeg"]
+        if not CraftCore.compiler.isMacOS:
+            forceSystemLibs += ["tiff"]
+        for d in forceSystemLibs:
             utils.rmtree(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), d))
         return True
 
     def install(self):
         if not super().install():
             return False
         if CraftCore.compiler.isLinux:
             # only the sym links get installed...
             return utils.copyFile(f"{self.buildDir()}/sobin/libgs.so.9", f"{self.installDir()}/lib/libgs.so.9")
-        elif CraftCore.compiler.isMacOS:
-            # only the sym links get installed...
-            return utils.copyFile(f"{self.buildDir()}/sobin/libgs.dylib.9", f"{self.installDir()}/lib/libgs.dylib.9")
 
         return True
 
 if CraftCore.compiler.isGCCLike():
     class Package(PackageMSys):
         pass
 else:
     class Package(PackageMSVC):
         pass
diff --git a/libs/ghostscript/libspectre.patch b/libs/ghostscript/libspectre.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 18a19f60..00000000
--- a/libs/ghostscript/libspectre.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- ghostscript-9.14-orig/psi/iapi.h	2014-03-26 13:53:47.000000000 +0100
-+++ ghostscript-9.14/psi/iapi.h	2014-08-09 13:56:25.245374500 +0200
-@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
-     int argc, char **argv);
- 
- #ifdef __WIN32__
-+#include <stddef.h>
- GSDLLEXPORT int GSDLLAPI gsapi_init_with_argsA(void *instance,
-     int argc, char **argv);
- 
diff --git a/libs/ghostscript/mac.diff b/libs/ghostscript/mac.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..473bd652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ghostscript/mac.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+diff --git i/base/unix-dll.mak w/base/unix-dll.mak
+index f50c09c00adb..8855133b400c 100644
+--- i/base/unix-dll.mak
++++ w/base/unix-dll.mak
+@@ -89,18 +89,33 @@ GPDL_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR=$(GPDL_SONAME_BASE)$(GS_SOEXT)$(SO_LIB_VERSION_SEPARATOR
+ # similar linkers it must containt the trailing "="
+ # LDFLAGS_SO=-shared -Wl,$(LD_SET_DT_SONAME)$(LDFLAGS_SO_PREFIX)$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR)
+
+
+ # MacOS X
+-#GS_SOEXT=dylib
+-#GS_SONAME=$(GS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_SOEXT)
+-#GS_SONAME_MAJOR=$(GS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
+-#GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR=$(GS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_VERSION_MINOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
++GS_SOEXT=dylib
++GS_SONAME=$(GS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_SOEXT)
++GS_SONAME_MAJOR=$(GS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
++GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR=$(GS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_VERSION_MINOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
+ #LDFLAGS_SO=-dynamiclib -flat_namespace
+-#LDFLAGS_SO_MAC=-dynamiclib -install_name $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)
++GS_LDFLAGS_SO=-dynamiclib -install_name $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)
+ #LDFLAGS_SO=-dynamiclib -install_name $(FRAMEWORK_NAME)
+
++PCL_SONAME=$(PCL_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_SOEXT)
++PCL_SONAME_MAJOR=$(PCL_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
++PCL_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR=$(PCL_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_VERSION_MINOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
++PCL_LDFLAGS_SO=-dynamiclib -install_name $(PCL_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)
++
++XPS_SONAME=$(XPS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_SOEXT)
++XPS_SONAME_MAJOR=$(XPS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
++XPS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR=$(XPS_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_VERSION_MINOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
++XPS_LDFLAGS_SO=-dynamiclib -install_name $(XPS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)
++
++GPDL_SONAME=$(GPDL_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_SOEXT)
++GPDL_SONAME_MAJOR=$(GPDL_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
++GPDL_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR=$(GPDL_SONAME_BASE).$(GS_VERSION_MAJOR).$(GS_VERSION_MINOR).$(GS_SOEXT)
++GPDL_LDFLAGS_SO=-dynamiclib -install_name $(GPDL_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)
++
+ GS_SO=$(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME)
+ GS_SO_MAJOR=$(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR)
+ GS_SO_MAJOR_MINOR=$(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)
+
+ PCL_SO=$(BINDIR)/$(PCL_SONAME)
diff --git a/libs/ghostscript/mingw-build.patch b/libs/ghostscript/mingw-build.patch
index 94b1827a..107e4066 100644
--- a/libs/ghostscript/mingw-build.patch
+++ b/libs/ghostscript/mingw-build.patch
@@ -1,616 +1,616 @@
-diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/gp_mswin.c ghostscript-9.10/base/gp_mswin.c
+iff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/gp_mswin.c ghostscript-9.10/base/gp_mswin.c
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/gp_mswin.c	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/gp_mswin.c	2014-01-22 20:16:23.009800000 +0400
 @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@
  
  /* -------------------------  _snprintf -----------------------------*/
  
 -#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER>=1900 /* VS 2014 and later have (finally) snprintf */
 +#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER>=1900) || defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR) /* VS 2014 and later have (finally) snprintf */
  #  define STDC99
  #else
  /* Microsoft Visual C++ 2005  doesn't properly define snprintf,
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/gp_mswin.h ghostscript-9.10/base/gp_mswin.h
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/gp_mswin.h	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/gp_mswin.h	2014-01-22 17:21:46.232600000 +0400
 @@ -56,4 +56,13 @@
  
  #endif /* !defined(RC_INVOKED) */
  
 +// in gp_mswin.c, mswin_popen is called 
 +// before it is implemented, so we must
 +// provide a prototype (at least with GCC) to
 +// avoid implicit definition with the wrong return type
 +
 +#ifdef __GNUC__
 +FILE *mswin_popen(const char *cmd, const char *mode);
 +#endif
 +
  #endif /* gp_mswin_INCLUDED */
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/gs.mak ghostscript-9.10/base/gs.mak
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/gs.mak	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/gs.mak	2014-01-22 17:21:46.248200000 +0400
 @@ -440,6 +440,7 @@
  # save our set of makefile variables that are defined in every build (paths, etc.)
  $(gconfigd_h) : $(ECHOGS_XE) $(GS_MAK) $(TOP_MAKEFILES) $(GLSRCDIR)$(D)version.mak
  	$(EXP)$(ECHOGS_XE) -w $(gconfigd_h) -x 23 define -s -u GS_LIB_DEFAULT -x 2022 $(GS_LIB_DEFAULT) -x 22
 +	$(MINGW_FONTPATH_PATCH_OR_EMPTY_COMMAND)
  	$(EXP)$(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfigd_h) -x 23 define -s -u GS_DEV_DEFAULT -x 2022 $(GS_DEV_DEFAULT) -x 22
  	$(EXP)$(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfigd_h) -x 23 define -s -u GS_CACHE_DIR -x 2022 $(GS_CACHE_DIR) -x 22
  	$(EXP)$(ECHOGS_XE) -a $(gconfigd_h) -x 23 define -s -u SEARCH_HERE_FIRST -s $(SEARCH_HERE_FIRST)
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/lib.mak ghostscript-9.10/base/lib.mak
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/lib.mak	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/lib.mak	2014-01-23 06:33:46.689000000 +0400
 @@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
  # We can't use $(CC_) for GLLCMSCC becuase that includes /Za on
  # msvc builds, and lcms configures itself to depend on msvc extensions
  # (inline asm, including windows.h) when compiled under msvc.
 -GLLCMSCC=$(CC) $(LCMS_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(I_)$(GLI_) $(II)$(LCMSSRCDIR)$(D)include$(_I) $(GLF_)
 +GLLCMSCC=$(CC) $(LCMS_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(I_)$(GLI_) $(GLF_)
  lcms_h=$(LCMSSRCDIR)$(D)include$(D)lcms.h
  icc34_h=$(GLSRC)icc34.h
  # We can't use $(CC_) for GLLCMS2CC becuase that includes /Za on
  # msvc builds, and lcms configures itself to depend on msvc extensions
  # (inline asm, including windows.h) when compiled under msvc.
 -GLLCMS2CC=$(CC) $(LCMS2_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(I_)$(GLI_) $(II)$(LCMS2SRCDIR)$(D)include$(_I) $(GLF_)
 +GLLCMS2CC=$(CC) $(LCMS2_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(I_)$(GLI_) $(GLF_)
  lcms2_h=$(LCMS2SRCDIR)$(D)include$(D)lcms2.h
  lcms2_plugin_h=$(LCMS2SRCDIR)$(D)include$(D)lcms2_plugin.h
  
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/mingw-fp.sh ghostscript-9.10/base/mingw-fp.sh
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/mingw-fp.sh	1970-01-01 03:00:00.000000000 +0300
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/mingw-fp.sh	2014-01-22 22:30:58.082800000 +0400
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +sed -i -e 's?\\?/?g' $1
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/mingw-fs.mak ghostscript-9.10/base/mingw-fs.mak
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/mingw-fs.mak	1970-01-01 03:00:00.000000000 +0300
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/mingw-fs.mak	2014-01-22 17:21:46.248200000 +0400
 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
 +# MSys/MinGW file- and operating-system section
 +# adapted from winplat.mak
 +
 +# Define the name of this makefile.
 +
 +MINGW_FS_MAK=$(GLSRC)mingw-fs.mak
 +
 +# Define generic Windows-specific modules.
 +
 +mingw-fs_=$(GLOBJ)gp_ntfs.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_win32.$(OBJ)
 +$(GLD)mingw-fs.dev : $(MINGW_FS_MAK) $(ECHOGS_XE) $(mingw-fs_)
 +	$(SETMOD) $(GLD)mingw-fs $(mingw-fs_)
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_ntfs.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_ntfs.c $(AK)\
 + $(dos__h) $(memory__h) $(stdio__h) $(string__h) $(windows__h)\
 + $(gp_h) $(gpmisc_h) $(gsmemory_h) $(gsstruct_h) $(gstypes_h) $(gsutil_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_ntfs.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_ntfs.c
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_win32.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_win32.c $(AK)\
 + $(dos__h) $(malloc__h) $(stdio__h) $(string__h) $(windows__h)\
 + $(gp_h) $(gsmemory_h) $(gstypes_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_win32.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_win32.c
 +
 +# Define the Windows thread / synchronization module.
 +
 +winsync_=$(GLOBJ)gp_wsync.$(OBJ)
 +$(GLD)winsync.dev : $(MINGW_FS_MAK) $(ECHOGS_XE) $(winsync_)
 +	$(SETMOD) $(GLD)winsync $(winsync_)
 +	$(ADDMOD) $(GLD)winsync -replace $(GLD)nosync
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_wsync.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_wsync.c $(AK)\
 + $(dos__h) $(malloc__h) $(stdio__h) $(string__h) $(windows__h)\
 + $(gp_h) $(gsmemory_h) $(gstypes_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_wsync.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_wsync.c
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/mingwlib.mak ghostscript-9.10/base/mingwlib.mak
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/mingwlib.mak	1970-01-01 03:00:00.000000000 +0300
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/mingwlib.mak	2014-01-22 17:21:46.248200000 +0400
 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
 +# Common makefile section for MSys/MinGW
 +# adapted from winlib.mak
 +
 +# Define the files to be removed by `make clean'.
 +# nmake expands macros when encountered, not when used,
 +# so this must precede the !include statements.
 +
 +BEGINFILES=$(GLGENDIR)\ccf32.tr\
 + $(GLOBJDIR)\*.res $(GLOBJDIR)\*.ico\
 + $(BINDIR)\$(GSDLL).dll $(BINDIR)\$(GSCONSOLE).exe\
 + $(BINDIR)\setupgs.exe $(BINDIR)\uninstgs.exe\
 + $(GLOBJDIR)\cups\*.h\
 + $(BEGINFILES2)
 +
 +# -------------------------------- Library -------------------------------- #
 +
 +# The MSys/MinGW Win32 platform
 +
 +mingw32__=$(GLOBJ)gp_mswin.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wgetv.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wpapr.$(OBJ) \
 + $(GLOBJ)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wutf8.$(OBJ)
 +mingw32_inc=$(GLD)nosync.dev $(GLD)mingw-fs.dev
 +
 +$(GLGEN)mingw32_.dev:  $(mingw32__) $(ECHOGS_XE) $(mingw32_inc)
 +	$(SETMOD) $(GLGEN)mingw32_ $(mingw32__)
 +	$(ADDMOD) $(GLGEN)mingw32_ -include $(mingw32_inc)
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_mswin.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_mswin.c $(AK) $(gp_mswin_h) \
 + $(ctype__h) $(dos__h) $(malloc__h) $(memory__h) $(pipe__h) \
 + $(stdio__h) $(string__h) $(windows__h) $(winspool_h)\
 + $(gx_h) $(gp_h) $(gpcheck_h) $(gpmisc_h) $(gserrors_h) $(gsexit_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_mswin.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_mswin.c
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_wutf8.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_wutf8.c $(windows__h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_wutf8.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_wutf8.c
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_wgetv.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_wgetv.c $(AK) $(gscdefs_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_wgetv.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_wgetv.c
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_wpapr.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_wpapr.c $(AK) $(gp_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_wpapr.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_wpapr.c
 +
 +# Define MS-Windows handles (file system) as a separable feature.
 +
 +mshandle_=$(GLOBJ)gp_mshdl.$(OBJ)
 +$(GLD)mshandle.dev: $(ECHOGS_XE) $(mshandle_)
 +	$(SETMOD) $(GLD)mshandle $(mshandle_)
 +	$(ADDMOD) $(GLD)mshandle -iodev handle
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_mshdl.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_mshdl.c $(AK)\
 + $(ctype__h) $(errno__h) $(stdio__h) $(string__h)\
 + $(gsmemory_h) $(gstypes_h) $(gxiodev_h) $(gserrors_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_mshdl.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_mshdl.c
 +
 +# Define MS-Windows printer (file system) as a separable feature.
 +
 +msprinter_=$(GLOBJ)gp_msprn.$(OBJ)
 +$(GLD)msprinter.dev: $(ECHOGS_XE) $(msprinter_)
 +	$(SETMOD) $(GLD)msprinter $(msprinter_)
 +	$(ADDMOD) $(GLD)msprinter -iodev printer
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_msprn.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_msprn.c $(AK)\
 + $(ctype__h) $(errno__h) $(stdio__h) $(string__h)\
 + $(gsmemory_h) $(gstypes_h) $(gxiodev_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_msprn.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_msprn.c
 +
 +# Define MS-Windows polling as a separable feature
 +# because it is not needed by the gslib.
 +mspoll_=$(GLOBJ)gp_mspol.$(OBJ)
 +$(GLD)mspoll.dev: $(ECHOGS_XE) $(mspoll_)
 +	$(SETMOD) $(GLD)mspoll $(mspoll_)
 +
 +$(GLOBJ)gp_mspol.$(OBJ): $(GLSRC)gp_mspol.c $(AK)\
 + $(gx_h) $(gp_h) $(gpcheck_h)
 +	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_mspol.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_mspol.c
 +
 +# end of mingwlib.mak
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/time_.h ghostscript-9.10/base/time_.h
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/time_.h	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/time_.h	2014-01-22 22:04:50.786200000 +0400
 @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
  #endif
  
  /* Some System V environments, and Posix environments, need <sys/times.h>. */
 -#if defined(HAVE_SYS_TIMES_H) && HAVE_SYS_TIMES_H == 1
 +#if defined(HAVE_SYS_TIMES_H) && HAVE_SYS_TIMES_H == 1 && !defined(__MINGW32__)
  #  include <sys/times.h>
  #  define use_times_for_usertime 1
                  /* Posix 1003.1b-1993 section 4.8.1.5 says that
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/unix-aux.mak ghostscript-9.10/base/unix-aux.mak
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/unix-aux.mak	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/unix-aux.mak	2014-01-22 20:08:25.945400000 +0400
 @@ -66,6 +66,13 @@
   $(MAKEDIRS)
  	$(GLCC) $(GLO_)gp_sysv.$(OBJ) $(C_) $(GLSRC)gp_sysv.c
  
 +# the MINGW platform / build environment, joining unix for the ride 
 +mingw__=$(GLOBJ)gp_wgetv.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wpapr.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_win32.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_mswin.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_ntfs.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wutf8.$(OBJ)
 +$(GLGEN)mingw_.dev: $(mingw__) $(GLD)nosync.dev $(GLD)smd5.dev
 +	$(SETMOD) $(GLGEN)mingw_ $(mingw__) -include $(GLD)nosync
 +	$(ADDMOD) $(GLGEN)mingw_ -include $(GLD)smd5
 +
 +
  # -------------------------- Auxiliary programs --------------------------- #
  
  $(ECHOGS_XE): $(GLSRC)echogs.c $(AK) $(stdpre_h) $(MAKEDIRS)
 @@ -88,18 +95,31 @@
  # To get GS to use the system zlib, you remove/hide the gs/zlib directory
  # which means that the mkromfs build can't find the zlib source it needs.
  # So it's split into two targets, one using the zlib source directly.....
 -MKROMFS_OBJS_0=$(MKROMFS_ZLIB_OBJS) $(AUX)gpmisc.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_getnv.$(OBJ) \
 - $(AUX)gscdefs.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unix.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unifs.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unifn.$(OBJ) \
 - $(AUX)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gsutil.$(OBJ) $(AUX)memento.$(OBJ)
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_BUILD), 1)
 +    MKROMFS_OBJS_0=$(MKROMFS_ZLIB_OBJS) $(AUX)gpmisc.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_getnv.$(OBJ) \
 +        $(AUX)gscdefs.$(OBJ)  $(AUX)gp_ntfs.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_mswin.$(OBJ) \
 +        $(AUX)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gsutil.$(OBJ) $(AUX)memento.$(OBJ)
 +else
 +    MKROMFS_OBJS_0=$(MKROMFS_ZLIB_OBJS) $(AUX)gpmisc.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_getnv.$(OBJ) \
 +        $(AUX)gscdefs.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unix.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unifs.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unifn.$(OBJ) \
 +        $(AUX)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gsutil.$(OBJ) $(AUX)memento.$(OBJ)
 +endif
  
  $(MKROMFS_XE)_0: $(GLSRC)mkromfs.c $(MKROMFS_COMMON_DEPS) $(MKROMFS_OBJS_0) $(MAKEDIRS)
  	$(CCAUX_) $(GENOPT) $(CFLAGS) $(I_)$(GLSRCDIR)$(_I) $(I_)$(GLOBJ)$(_I) $(I_)$(ZSRCDIR)$(_I) $(GLSRC)mkromfs.c $(O_)$(MKROMFS_XE)_0 $(MKROMFS_OBJS_0) $(AUXEXTRALIBS)
  
  # .... and one using the zlib library linked via the command line
 -MKROMFS_OBJS_1=$(AUX)gscdefs.$(OBJ) \
 - $(AUX)gpmisc.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_getnv.$(OBJ) \
 - $(AUX)gp_unix.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unifs.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unifn.$(OBJ) \
 - $(AUX)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gsutil.$(OBJ)
 +# (here two, MINGW has a different set of runtimeDependencies,
 +# most notably gp_ntfs and gp_wutf8)
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_BUILD), 1)
 +    MKROMFS_OBJS_1=$(GLOBJ)gp_ntfs.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wutf8.$(OBJ) \
 +        $(GLOBJ)gpmisc.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gp_wgetv.$(OBJ) $(GLOBJ)gscdefs.$(OBJ)
 +else
 +    MKROMFS_OBJS_1=$(AUX)gscdefs.$(OBJ) \
 +        $(AUX)gpmisc.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_getnv.$(OBJ) \
 +        $(AUX)gp_unix.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unifs.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gp_unifn.$(OBJ) \
 +        $(AUX)gp_stdia.$(OBJ) $(AUX)gsutil.$(OBJ)
 +endif
  
  $(MKROMFS_XE)_1: $(GLSRC)mkromfs.c $(MKROMFS_COMMON_DEPS) $(MKROMFS_OBJS_1) $(MAKEDIRS)
  	$(CCAUX_) $(GENOPT) $(CFLAGS) $(I_)$(GLSRCDIR)$(_I) $(I_)$(GLOBJ)$(_I) $(I_)$(ZSRCDIR)$(_I) $(GLSRC)mkromfs.c $(O_)$(MKROMFS_XE)_1 $(MKROMFS_OBJS_1) $(AUXEXTRALIBS)
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/unix-dll.mak ghostscript-9.10/base/unix-dll.mak
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/unix-dll.mak	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/unix-dll.mak	2014-01-22 23:27:18.357000000 +0400
 @@ -33,17 +33,38 @@
  # Shared object names
  
  # simple loader (no support for display device)
 -GSSOC_XENAME=$(GS_SO_BASE)c$(XE)
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_WITH_WINLIB_NAMES), 1)
 +    GSSOC_XENAME=gswin$(MINGW_PLATFORM_BITS)c$(XE)
 +else
 +    GSSOC_XENAME=$(GS_SO_BASE)c$(XE)
 +endif
 +
  GSSOC_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(GSSOC_XENAME)
  GSSOC=$(BINDIR)/$(GSSOC_XENAME)
  
  # loader suporting display device using Gtk+
 -GSSOX_XENAME=$(GS_SO_BASE)x$(XE)
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_WITH_WINLIB_NAMES), 1)
 +    GSSOX_XENAME=gswin$(MINGW_PLATFORM_BITS)$(XE)
 +else
 +    GSSOX_XENAME=$(GS_SO_BASE)x$(XE)
 +endif
 +
  GSSOX_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(GSSOX_XENAME)
  GSSOX=$(BINDIR)/$(GSSOX_XENAME)
  
 -# shared library
 -GS_SONAME_BASE=lib$(GS_SO_BASE)
 +# shared library: handle unix and mingw library names
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_BUILD), 1)
 +    ifeq ($(MINGW_WITH_WINLIB_NAMES), 1)
 +        GS_SONAME_BASE=gsdll$(MINGW_PLATFORM_BITS)
 +        GS_SONAME_LINK=$(GS_SONAME_BASE)
 +    else
 +        GS_SONAME_BASE=lib$(GS_SO_BASE)
 +        GS_SONAME_LINK=lib$(GS_SO_BASE)
 +    endif
 +else
 +    GS_SONAME_BASE=lib$(GS_SO_BASE)
 +    GS_SONAME_LINK=$(GS_SO_BASE)
 +endif
  
  # GNU/Linux
  GS_SOEXT=$(SO_LIB_EXT)
 @@ -101,30 +122,30 @@
  
  # Create symbolic links to the Ghostscript interpreter library
  
 -$(GS_SO): $(GS_SO_MAJOR)
 +$(GS_SO): $(GS_SO_MAJOR_MINOR)
  	$(RM_) $(GS_SO)
 -	ln -s $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) $(GS_SO)
 +	ln -s $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) $(GS_SO)
  
 -$(GS_SO_MAJOR): $(GS_SO_MAJOR_MINOR)
 -	$(RM_) $(GS_SO_MAJOR)
 -	ln -s $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) $(GS_SO_MAJOR)
 +$(GS_SO_MAJOR_MINOR): $(GS_SO_MAJOR)
 +	$(RM_) $(GS_SO_MAJOR_MINOR)
 +	ln -s $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) $(GS_SO_MAJOR_MINOR)
  
  so-links-subtarget:	$(GS_SO)
  	$(NO_OP)
  
  # Build the small Ghostscript loaders, with Gtk+ and without
  $(GSSOC_XE): so-links-subtarget $(PSSRC)$(SOC_LOADER)
 -	$(GLCC) -g -o $(GSSOC_XE) $(PSSRC)dxmainc.c \
 -	-L$(BINDIR) -l$(GS_SO_BASE)
 +	$(GLCC) -g -o $(GSSOC_XE) $(PSSRC)$(SOC_LOADER_PLAIN) \
 +	-L$(BINDIR) -l$(GS_SONAME_LINK)
  
  $(GSSOX_XE): so-links-subtarget $(PSSRC)$(SOC_LOADER)
  	$(GLCC) -g $(SOC_CFLAGS) -o $(GSSOX_XE) $(PSSRC)$(SOC_LOADER) \
 -	-L$(BINDIR) -l$(GS_SO_BASE) $(SOC_LIBS)
 +	-L$(BINDIR) -l$(GS_SONAME_LINK) $(SOC_LIBS)
  
  # ------------------------- Recursive make targets ------------------------- #
  
  SODEFS=\
 - GS_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)\
 + GS_XE=$(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR)\
   DISPLAY_DEV=$(DD)display.dev\
   STDIO_IMPLEMENTATION=c\
   BUILDDIRPREFIX=$(BUILDDIRPREFIX)
 @@ -158,11 +179,17 @@
  	-mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(gsincludedir)
  	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(GSSOC) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(GSSOC_XENAME)
  	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(GSSOX) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(GSSOX_XENAME)
 -	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR)
 -	$(RM_) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME)
 -	ln -s $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME)
 -	$(RM_) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR)
 -	ln -s $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR)
 +	@if test "$(MINGW_BUILD)" = "1" ; then \
 +	  $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) ; \
 +	  $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_LINK).dll.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME_LINK).dll.a ; \
 +	else \
 +	  $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(BINDIR)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) ; \
 +	  $(RM_) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME) ; \
 +	  ln -s $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME) ; \
 +	  $(RM_) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) ; \
 +	  ln -s $(GS_SONAME_MAJOR) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(GS_SONAME_MAJOR_MINOR) ; \
 +	fi
 +	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(GLSRCDIR)/gserrors.h $(DESTDIR)$(gsincludedir)gserrors.h
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PSSRC)iapi.h $(DESTDIR)$(gsincludedir)iapi.h
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PSSRC)ierrors.h $(DESTDIR)$(gsincludedir)ierrors.h
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(DEVSRC)gdevdsp.h $(DESTDIR)$(gsincludedir)gdevdsp.h
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/unix-gcc.mak ghostscript-9.10/base/unix-gcc.mak
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/unix-gcc.mak	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/unix-gcc.mak	2014-01-22 22:02:03.959800000 +0400
 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  INSTALL_DATA = $(INSTALL) -m 644
  INSTALL_SHARED = 
  
 -prefix = /usr/local
 +prefix = /usr
  exec_prefix = ${prefix}
  bindir = ${exec_prefix}/bin
  scriptdir = $(bindir)
 @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
  gssharedir = $(libdir)/ghostscript/$(GS_DOT_VERSION)
  gsincludedir = $(includedir)/ghostscript/
  
 -docdir=$(gsdatadir)/doc
 +docdir=$(gsdatadir)/doc/ghostscript-$(GS_DOT_VERSION)
  exdir=$(gsdatadir)/examples
  GS_DOCDIR=$(docdir)
  
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/unixhead.mak ghostscript-9.10/base/unixhead.mak
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/base/unixhead.mak	2013-08-30 14:37:28.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/base/unixhead.mak	2014-01-22 20:26:04.888400000 +0400
 @@ -22,7 +22,12 @@
  # Define the platform name.  For a "stock" System V platform,
  # use sysv_ instead of unix_.
  
 -GSPLATFORM=unix_
 +# select platform: unix or mingw
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_BUILD), 1)
 +	GSPLATFORM=mingw_
 +else	
 +	GSPLATFORM=unix_
 +endif
  
  # Define the syntax for command, object, and executable files.
  
 @@ -65,3 +70,9 @@
  # Define the compilation rules and flags.
  
  BEGINFILES=
 +
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_BUILD), 1)
 +	MINGW_FONTPATH_PATCH_OR_EMPTY_COMMAND=$(SH) $(GLSRCDIR)/mingw-fp.sh $(gconfigd_h)
 +else
 +	MINGW_FONTPATH_PATCH_OR_EMPTY_COMMAND=
 +endif
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/configure.ac ghostscript-9.10/configure.ac
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/configure.ac	2013-08-30 14:37:29.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/configure.ac	2014-01-22 19:17:58.671800000 +0400
 @@ -180,6 +180,26 @@
              CC_DBG_FLAGS_TO_TRY="-g -O0"
          fi
          ;;
 +		MINGW*)
 +		MINGW_BUILD=1
 +		MINGW_PLATFORM=`uname`
 +		MINGW_XTLIBS="-lwinspool"
 +
 +		# inner MINGW case statement: 32/64 bits
 +		case $MINGW_PLATFORM in
 +            MINGW32*)
 +            MINGW_PLATFORM_BITS=32
 +            ;;
 +            MINGW64*)
 +            MINGW_PLATFORM_BITS=64
 +            ;;
 +        esac
 +
 +		AC_SUBST(MINGW_BUILD)
 +		AC_SUBST(MINGW_PLATFORM)
 +		AC_SUBST(MINGW_PLATFORM_BITS)
 +		AC_SUBST(MINGW_XTLIBS)
 +		;;
  esac
  
  AC_SUBST(SET_DT_SONAME)
 @@ -1403,12 +1423,41 @@
  AC_SUBST(SHARE_JPX)
  AC_SUBST(JPXDEVS)
  
 +dnl checks for MinGW shared object name and gdi must precede the gtk checks
 +dnl check whether MinGW should use the MSVC dll names
 +AC_ARG_WITH([winlib-names], AC_HELP_STRING([--with-winlib-names],
 +                                             [MSys/MinGW only: dll and executable names should be gsdll32.dll (gsdll64.dll), gswin32.exe (gswin64.exe), and gswin32c.exe (gswin64c.exe)]),
 +            [], [with_winlib_names=no])
 +if test "x$with_winlib_names" = "xyes"; then
 +    MINGW_WITH_WINLIB_NAMES=1
 +fi
 +
 +dnl check whether MinGW should use the gdi-based (dwmain.c, dwmainc.c) front end
 +AC_ARG_WITH([gdi], AC_HELP_STRING([--with-gdi],
 +                                             [MSys/MinGW only: use the gdi-based Shared Object loaders (dwmain.c & dwmainc.c; implies --with-winlib-names=yes): not yet implemented]),
 +            [], [with_gdi=no])
 +if test "x$with_gdi" = "xyes"; then
 +    MINGW_WITH_WINLIB_NAMES=1
 +    MINGW_WITH_GDI=1
 +    # SOC_LOADER value will be set after the initial gtk test
 +fi
 +
 +AC_SUBST(MINGW_WITH_WINLIB_NAMES)
 +AC_SUBST(MINGW_WITH_GDI)
 +
  dnl check if we can/should build the gtk loader
  AC_ARG_ENABLE([gtk], AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-gtk],
      [Do not build the gtk loader]))
  SOC_CFLAGS=""
  SOC_LIBS=""
 -SOC_LOADER=""
 +SOC_LOADER="" # default may not be set before the gtk+-2.0 test
 +SOC_LOADER_PLAIN=""
 +
 +if test "x$with_gdi" = "xyes"; then
 +    AC_MSG_WARN([the gdi front end under MSys/MinGW is not yet implemented])
 +    enable_gtk=yes # try to use gtk+ instead
 +fi
 +
  if test "x$enable_gtk" != "xno"; then
      # Try GTK+ 3.x first...
      if test "x$PKGCONFIG" != x; then
 @@ -1441,9 +1490,15 @@
    SOC_LOADER="dxmainc.c"
  fi
  
 +dnl set default SOC_LOADER_PLAIN as necessary
 +if test "x$SOC_LOADER_PLAIN" = x; then
 +	SOC_LOADER_PLAIN="dxmainc.c"
 +fi
 +
  AC_SUBST(SOC_CFLAGS)
  AC_SUBST(SOC_LIBS)
  AC_SUBST(SOC_LOADER)
 +AC_SUBST(SOC_LOADER_PLAIN)
  
  dnl look for omni implementation
  AC_ARG_WITH([omni], AC_HELP_STRING([--with-omni],
 @@ -1920,6 +1975,12 @@
            DYNAMIC_LIBS=""
            SO_LIB_EXT=".so"
          ;;
 +        MINGW*)
 +        DYNAMIC_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 +        DYNAMIC_LDFLAGS="-fPIC -shared"
 +        DYNAMIC_LIBS=""
 +        DYNANIC_LIB_EXT="dll"
 +        ;;
  esac
  
  AC_ARG_ENABLE([dynamic], AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-dynamic],
 @@ -1992,6 +2053,20 @@
  fi
  
  dnl Fix "fontpath" variable...
 +if test $MINGW_BUILD = 1; then
 +    # Add a reference to the Windows Fonts directory.
 +    # This must take place priot to the test below,
 +    # as it is also our way to avoid inclusion
 +    # of the various unix font directories.
 +    # Since gs uses here a colon as delimiter,
 +    # we must refer to %windir% as /c/Windows
 +    if test "x$fontpath" = "x"; then
 +        fontpath="/c/Windows/Fonts"
 +    else
 +        fontpath="${fontpath}:/c/Windows/Fonts"
 +    fi
 +fi
 +
  if test "x$fontpath" = "x"; then
          # These font directories are used by various Linux distributions...
          fontpath="$datadir/fonts/default/ghostscript"
 diff -Naur ghostscript-9.10-orig/Makefile.in ghostscript-9.10/Makefile.in
 --- ghostscript-9.10-orig/Makefile.in	2013-08-30 14:37:29.000000000 +0400
 +++ ghostscript-9.10/Makefile.in	2014-01-22 22:30:09.450000000 +0400
 @@ -38,6 +38,14 @@
  PSOBJDIR=./$(BUILDDIRPREFIX)@OBJDIR_BSDMAKE_WORKAROUND@
  CONTRIBDIR=@srcdir@/contrib
  
 +# ------ MINGW options ------ #
 +
 +MINGW_BUILD=@MINGW_BUILD@
 +MINGW_PLATFORM=@MINGW_PLATFORM@
 +MINGW_PLATFORM_BITS=@MINGW_PLATFORM_BITS@
 +MINGW_WITH_WINLIB_NAMES=@MINGW_WITH_WINLIB_NAMES@
 +MINGW_WITH_GDI=@MINGW_WITH_GDI@
 +
  # Do not edit the next group of lines.
  
  include $(GLSRCDIR)/version.mak
 @@ -387,8 +404,8 @@
  # Solaris may need -lnsl -lsocket -lposix4.
  # (Libraries required by individual drivers are handled automatically.)
  
 -EXTRALIBS=$(XTRALIBS) @LIBS@ @DYNAMIC_LIBS@ @FONTCONFIG_LIBS@ @FT_LIBS@
 -AUXEXTRALIBS=$(XTRALIBS) @LIBS@ @DYNAMIC_LIBS@ @FONTCONFIG_LIBS@ @FT_LIBS@ @AUX_SHARED_ZLIB@
 +EXTRALIBS=$(XTRALIBS) @LIBS@ @MINGW_XTLIBS@ @DYNAMIC_LIBS@ @FONTCONFIG_LIBS@ @FT_LIBS@
 +AUXEXTRALIBS=$(XTRALIBS) @LIBS@ @MINGW_XTLIBS@ @DYNAMIC_LIBS@ @FONTCONFIG_LIBS@ @FT_LIBS@ @AUX_SHARED_ZLIB@
  
  # Define the standard libraries to search at the end of linking.
  # Most platforms require -lpthread for the POSIX threads library;
 @@ -438,9 +455,10 @@
  RM=rm -f
  
  # ------ Dynamic loader options ------- #
 -SOC_CFLAGS	=	@SOC_CFLAGS@
 -SOC_LIBS	=	@SOC_LIBS@
 -SOC_LOADER	=	@SOC_LOADER@
 +SOC_CFLAGS	        =	@SOC_CFLAGS@
 +SOC_LIBS	        =	@SOC_LIBS@
 +SOC_LOADER	        =	@SOC_LOADER@
 +SOC_LOADER_PLAIN	=	@SOC_LOADER_PLAIN@
  
  # on virtually every Unix-a-like system, this is "so",
  # but Apple just had to be different, so it's now set
 @@ -568,7 +586,17 @@
  
  CCFLAGS=$(GENOPT) $(CAPOPT) $(CFLAGS)
  CC_=$(CC) $(CCFLAGS)
 -CCAUX_=$(CCAUX) $(CFLAGS)
 +
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_BUILD), 1)
 +	# adding -lz to the compilation flags seems to be an error:
 +	# if not always, then at least under MSys/MinGW, 
 +	# compiled against the system's zlib,
 +	# and having no zlib sub-folder (see also: unixaux.mak)
 +	CCAUX_=$(CCAUX) $(CFLAGS)
 +else
 +	CCAUX_=$(CCAUX) $(CFLAGS) @AUX_SHARED_ZLIB@
 +endif	
 +
  CC_LEAF=$(CC_)
  # note gcc can't use -fomit-frame-pointer with -pg.
  CC_LEAF_PG=$(CC_)
 @@ -622,6 +650,12 @@
  @CONTRIBINCLUDE@
  @CUPSINCLUDE@
  
 +# conditionally include the two .mak files that are only needed with a MINGW build
 +ifeq ($(MINGW_BUILD), 1)
 +	include $(GLSRCDIR)/mingw-fs.mak
 +	include $(GLSRCDIR)/mingwlib.mak
 +endif
 +
  # Clean up after the autotools scripts
  distclean : clean config-clean soclean pgclean debugclean mementoclean
  	-$(RM_) -r $(BINDIR) $(GLOBJDIR) $(PSOBJDIR) $(AUXDIR)
 --- ghostscript-9.18/base/stat_.h.orig	2015-10-13 10:13:06.284676300 +0300
 +++ ghostscript-9.18/base/stat_.h	2015-10-13 10:13:24.677192400 +0300
 @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   * Microsoft C uses _stat instead of stat,
   * for both the function name and the structure name.
   */
 -#ifdef _MSC_VER
 +#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
  #  define stat _stat
  #define struct_stat struct _stat
  #else