diff -ur icu-4.6.orig/source/configure.in icu-4.6/source/configure.in --- icu-4.6.orig/source/configure.in 2010-10-07 05:34:53.000000000 +0200 +++ icu-4.6/source/configure.in 2010-12-02 17:56:45.000000000 +0100 @@ -1267,7 +1267,8 @@ *-*-aix*) platform=U_AIX ;; *-*-hpux*) platform=U_HPUX ;; *-apple-darwin*|*-apple-rhapsody*) platform=U_DARWIN ;; - *-*-cygwin*|*-*-mingw*) platform=U_CYGWIN ;; + *-*-cygwin*) platform=U_CYGWIN ;; + *-*-mingw*) platform=U_WINDOWS ;; *-*ibm-openedition*|*-*-os390*) platform=OS390 if test "${ICU_ENABLE_ASCII_STRINGS}" != "1"; then ICUDATA_CHAR="e"