diff -Naurp libole2-0.2.4/configure libole2-0.2.4-cygwin/configure
--- libole2-0.2.4/configure	Sun Nov  4 06:05:13 2001
+++ libole2-0.2.4-cygwin/configure	Wed May 15 11:55:56 2002
@@ -4188,7 +4188,8 @@ EOF
       else $CC -o impgen impgen.c ; fi)~
       $output_objdir/impgen $dir/$soroot > $output_objdir/$soname-def'
 
-    old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds='$DLLTOOL --as=$AS --dllname $soname --def $output_objdir/$soname-def --output-lib $output_objdir/$newlib'
+#    old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds='$DLLTOOL --as=$AS --dllname $soname --def $output_objdir/$soname-def --output-lib $output_objdir/$newlib'
+old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds=
 
     # cygwin and mingw dlls have different entry points and sets of symbols
     # to exclude.
@@ -6135,7 +6136,8 @@ old_postuninstall_cmds=$lt_old_postunins
 old_archive_from_new_cmds=$lt_old_archive_from_new_cmds
 
 # Create a temporary old-style archive to link instead of a shared archive.
-old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds=$lt_old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds
+#old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds=$lt_old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds
+old_archive_from_expsyms_cmds=
 
 # Commands used to build and install a shared archive.
 archive_cmds=$lt_archive_cmds
diff -Naurp libole2-0.2.4/libole2/Makefile.in libole2-0.2.4-cygwin/libole2/Makefile.in
--- libole2-0.2.4/libole2/Makefile.in	Sun Nov  4 06:05:34 2001
+++ libole2-0.2.4-cygwin/libole2/Makefile.in	Wed May 15 11:13:04 2002
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ maintainer-clean-libtool:
 
 libgnomeole2.la: $(libgnomeole2_la_OBJECTS) $(libgnomeole2_la_DEPENDENCIES)
 	$(LINK) -rpath $(libdir) $(libgnomeole2_la_LDFLAGS) $(libgnomeole2_la_OBJECTS) $(libgnomeole2_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
+	PREFIX=$(prefix) sh $(top_srcdir)/mkdll.sh $@ $$(glib-config --libs)
 
 install-libgnomeole2includeHEADERS: $(libgnomeole2include_HEADERS)
 	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
diff -Naurp libole2-0.2.4/mkdll.sh libole2-0.2.4-cygwin/mkdll.sh
--- libole2-0.2.4/mkdll.sh	Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
+++ libole2-0.2.4-cygwin/mkdll.sh	Wed May 15 11:56:27 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# script to generate dll from libtool-generated static archive (.la file)
+# invoke with:
+# mkdll.sh <archive.la> <dependency libs>
+# eg:
+# mkdll.sh libtest.la -L/usr/local/lib -llocal
+
+# defaults to using gcc for libraries written in C.
+# set the CC env var to use a different compiler driver: eg
+# export CC=g++ 
+# for C++ libraries
+
+# defaults to using /usr/local as the installation PREFIX
+# override this by setting the PREFIX env var: eg
+# export PREFIX=/opt/gnome
+
+archive=$1
+test -f $archive || { echo $(basename $0): $archive not found; exit 1; }
+
+module=$(echo $(basename $archive) | sed -e 's,^lib\(.*\).la$,\1,')
+
+shift
+dependency_libs="$@"
+
+test -n "$CC" || CC=gcc
+prefix=${PREFIX:=/usr/local}
+
+# get the static library name
+# first look in the .la archive
+old_lib=$(sed -ne '/^old_library=/ s,^old_library='\''\(.*\)'\''.*$,\1,p' .libs/$archive)
+# if not there, use default name
+test -n "$old_lib" || old_lib=lib${module}.a
+
+
+
+# update the archive with the dll and import lib name; fix install dir; remove relink command
+# (${prefix}/lib is hard-coded here - edit it if necessary)
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+if sed -e 's,^dlname='\'\'',dlname='\'cyg${module}.dll\'',' \
+       -e 's,^library_names='\'\'',library_names='\'lib${module}.dll.a\'',' \
+       -e '/^libdir=/ s,='\'\'',='\'$libdir\'',' \
+       -e '/^relink_command=/ s,^$,,' \
+       .libs/$archive > .libs/${archive}.tmp
+then cat .libs/${archive}.tmp > .libs/${archive}
+fi
+rm -f .libs/${archive}.tmp
+
+# update the install archive if it exists
+if [ -f .libs/${archive}i ] ; then
+	if sed -e 's,^dlname='\'\'',dlname='\'../bin/cyg${module}.dll\'',' \
+	       -e 's,^library_names='\'\'',library_names='\'lib${module}.dll.a\'',' \
+             -e '/^relink_command=/ s,^$,,' \
+	       .libs/${archive}i > .libs/${archive}i.tmp
+	then cat .libs/${archive}i.tmp > .libs/${archive}i
+	fi
+	rm -f .libs/${archive}i.tmp
+fi
+
+
+# report the link command to stdout
+eval echo $CC -shared -o cyg${module}.dll -Wl,--out-implib=lib${module}.dll.a \
+-Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--whole-archive $old_lib -Wl,--no-whole-archive ${dependency_libs}
+
+# do the link command - if it fails, remove archive so make knows to re-build it
+eval $CC -shared -o .libs/cyg${module}.dll -Wl,--out-implib=.libs/lib${module}.dll.a -Wl,--export-all-symbols \
+-Wl,--whole-archive .libs/$old_lib -Wl,--no-whole-archive ${dependency_libs} || { rm -f $archive; false; }
+
diff -Naurp ibole2-0.2.4/libole2/ms-ole.c libole2-0.2.4-cygwin/libole2/ms-ole.c
--- libole2-0.2.4/libole2/ms-ole.c	Wed Oct 31 00:45:25 2001
+++ libole2-0.2.4-cygwin/libole2/ms-ole.c	Thu May 16 18:08:52 2002
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ ms_ole_open_vfs (MsOle **fs, const char 
 		f->mem = g_new (guint8, BB_BLOCK_SIZE);
 
 		if (!f->mem ||
-		    f->syswrap->read (file, f->mem, BB_BLOCK_SIZE == -1)) {
+		    f->syswrap->read (file, f->mem, BB_BLOCK_SIZE) == -1) {
 			g_warning ("Error reading header\n");
 			f->syswrap->close (file) ;
 			g_free (f);