--- jam.old.c	2008-03-14 12:15:01.000000000 +1100
+++ jam.c	2008-03-29 17:59:14.000000000 +1100
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
  * 09/19/02 (seiwald) - new -d displays
  * 10/22/02 (seiwald) - list_new() now does its own newstr()/copystr()
  * 11/04/02 (seiwald) - const-ing for string literals
+ * 03/14/08 (gwg)     - Added JAMBASE enviroment variable
  */
 
 # include "jam.h"
@@ -333,7 +334,13 @@
 	    parse_file( s );
 
 	if( !n )
-	    parse_file( "+" );
+	{
+		char *jambase;
+		if ((jambase = getenv("JAMBASE")) != NULL)
+	    	parse_file( jambase );
+		else 
+		    parse_file( "+" );
+	}
 
 	status = yyanyerrors();
 
--- filent.old.c	2008-03-29 17:41:58.000000000 +1100
+++ filent.c	2008-03-31 01:28:06.000000000 +1100
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  * 01/08/01 (seiwald) - closure param for file_dirscan/file_archscan
  * 11/04/02 (seiwald) - const-ing for string literals
  * 01/23/03 (seiwald) - long long handles for NT IA64
+ * 03/29/08 (gwg) - fix MingW long library names
  */
 
 # include "jam.h"
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@
 {
 	struct ar_hdr ar_hdr;
 	char *string_table = 0;
+	long stable_size = 0;
 	char buf[ MAXJPATH ];
 	long offset;
 	int fd;
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@
 		string_table = malloc(lar_size);
 		if (read(fd, string_table, lar_size) != lar_size)
 		    printf("error reading string table\n");
+		stable_size = lar_size;
 		offset += SARHDR + lar_size;
 		continue;
 	    }
@@ -237,10 +240,20 @@
 		/* Long filenames are recognized by "/nnnn" where nnnn is
 		** the offset of the string in the string table represented
 		** in ASCII decimals.
+		** However, the name end with 0 or '/', depending on
+		** the librarian used to generate them (0 for Mingw,
+		**  '/' for Visual C++)
 		*/
 
-		name = string_table + atoi( ar_hdr.ar_name + 1 );
-		endname = name + strlen( name );
+		long off = atoi( ar_hdr.ar_name + 1 );
+		name = string_table + off;
+		for ( ; off < stable_size; off++ )
+		{
+		    int  c = string_table[off];
+                    if ( c == 0 || c == '/' )
+			break;
+		}
+		endname = string_table + off;
 	    }
 	    else
 	    {