--- include/share/alloc.h.bak	2007-09-12 01:32:21.000000000 -0400
+++ include/share/alloc.h	2007-09-25 20:40:24.609375000 -0400
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #ifndef SIZE_MAX
 # ifndef SIZE_T_MAX
-#  ifdef _MSC_VER
+#  if (defined _MSC_VER || defined __MINGW32__)
 #   define SIZE_T_MAX UINT_MAX
 #  else
 #   error