Index: sendmsg.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/gnustep/gnustep/dev-libs/libobjc/sendmsg.c,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 sendmsg.c
--- sendmsg.c	25 Feb 2003 04:26:51 -0000	1.4
+++ sendmsg.c	11 Aug 2003 21:22:16 -0000
@@ -174,6 +174,22 @@
   IMP result;
   if (receiver)
     {
+#if __GNUC__ < 3 || (__GNUC__ == 3&& __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3)
+#define PROTOCOL_VERSION 2 // needs to match what is in init.c
+      // This is a dirty hack for GCC < 3.3
+      // Protocols that are referenced in a module, but not implemented by a
+      // class declared in that same module never get initialized, so if
+      // we see the magic number PROTOCOL_VERSION, then the object must be
+      // a Protocol.  It may be just corrupted memory, but in that case
+      // we are going to crash anyway, so no harm done.
+      if (receiver->class_pointer == (void*)PROTOCOL_VERSION) {
+  		static Class proto_class = 0;
+  		if (!proto_class)
+    	  proto_class = objc_lookup_class ("Protocol");
+        if (proto_class)
+          receiver->class_pointer = proto_class;
+      }
+#endif
       result = sarray_get_safe (receiver->class_pointer->dtable, 
 				(sidx)op->sel_id);
       if (result == 0)
Index: thr-win32.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/gnustep/gnustep/dev-libs/libobjc/thr-win32.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 thr-win32.c
--- thr-win32.c	25 Feb 2003 04:26:51 -0000	1.2
+++ thr-win32.c	11 Aug 2003 21:22:17 -0000
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define __OBJC__
 #endif
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <process.h>
 
 /* Key structure for maintaining thread specific storage */
 static DWORD	__objc_data_tls = (DWORD)-1;
@@ -66,10 +67,18 @@
   DWORD	thread_id = 0;
   HANDLE win32_handle;
 
+#ifndef __MINGW__
   if (!(win32_handle = CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)func,
                                    arg, 0, &thread_id)))
+#else 
+  unsigned	thread_id = 0;
+  unsigned long win32_handle;
+  // According to MSDN documentation threads which use libc functions should call _beginthreadex not CreateThread
+  if (-1 == (win32_handle = _beginthreadex(NULL, 0, (void*)func, arg, 0, &thread_id)))
+#endif
     thread_id = 0;
-  
+    
+  CloseHandle((HANDLE)win32_handle);
   return (objc_thread_t)thread_id;
 }
 
@@ -141,7 +150,11 @@
 __objc_thread_exit(void)
 {
   /* exit the thread */
+#ifndef __MINGW__
   ExitThread(__objc_thread_exit_status);
+#else
+  _endthreadex(__objc_thread_exit_status);
+#endif
 
   /* Failed if we reached here */
   return -1;