Compiling a Credential Provider with MinGW

Question

I found some examples from Microsoft, but I'm not sure how to get started.

I have what appears to be a VS project and a file with Registry entries. There are no makefiles included and not really any instructions on how to build.

I am trying to use the G++ compiler with MinGW. The use case is simple http authentication. I have this working on Linux with my pam-http project.

• How do I go about compiling a simple Credential Provider?
• Are there any tutorials that give build scripts/makefiles?

I would very much prefer to use FOSS where possible, hence MinGW and g++, and I have little experience with compiling on Windows (I used VS at a job several years ago). Ultimately I'd like to link in cURL, but I can figure that out once I get something built.

Note:

I found these, but I'm looking for build scripts using g++:

• Building a custom credential provider for Windows 7
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163489.aspx

I share kberson's sentiments.

EDIT:

I found this on MinGW's website that says linking against MS VC created DLLs is possible.

I do not want to use Visual Studio. I'd prefer a command-line compile tool that isn't tied down to a specific build tool (like ANT or make).