diff --git a/tools/release/w32sims.pl b/tools/release/w32sims.pl
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--- a/tools/release/w32sims.pl
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-#!/usr/bin/perl
-# This is basically a copy of tools/release/bins.pl, with small changes
-# You need to set up $PATH to include the bin dir of a crosscompiled SDL
-# installation, and have mingw32 compilers installed. Everything else should
-# Just Work[tm].
-
-my $verbose, $update, $doonly, $version;
-while (scalar @ARGV > 0) {
-    if ($ARGV[0] eq "-h") {
-        print $ARGV[0]."\n";
-        print <<MOO
-Usage: w32sims [-v] [-u] [-r VERSION] [buildonly]
-       -v Verbose output
-       -u Run svn up before building
-       -r Use the specified version string for filenames (defaults to SVN
-          revision)
-MOO
-;
-        exit 1;
-    }
-    elsif ($ARGV[0] eq "-v") {
-        $verbose =1;
-    }
-    elsif ($ARGV[0] eq "-u") {
-        $update =1;
-    }
-    elsif ($ARGV[0] eq "-r") {
-        $version =$ARGV[1];
-        shift @ARGV;
-    }
-    else {
-        $doonly =$ARGV[0];
-        # This will only be printed if the -v flag comes earler
-        print "only build $doonly\n" if($verbose);
-    }
-    shift @ARGV;
-}
-
-if($update) {
-    # svn update!
-    system("svn -q up");
-}
-
-$rev = `svnversion`;
-chomp $rev;
-print "rev $rev\n" if($verbose);
-
-if (!defined($version)) {
-    $version = sprintf("r%d", $rev);
-}
-
-# made once for all targets
-sub runone {
-    my ($dir, $confnum, $extra)=@_;
-    my $a;
-
-    if($doonly && ($doonly ne $dir)) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    mkdir "build-$dir";
-    chdir "build-$dir";
-    print "Build in build-$dir\n" if($verbose);
-
-    # build the target
-    $a = buildit($dir, $confnum, $extra);
-
-    chdir "..";
-
-    print "Zip up the sim and associated files\n" if ($verbose);
-    system("mv build-$dir rockbox-$dir-w32-sim");
-    `zip -9 -r -q rockbox-$dir-w32-sim/rockbox.zip rockbox-$dir-w32-sim/{rockboxui.exe,UI256.bmp,SDL.dll,archos}`;
-
-    my $o="rockbox-$dir-w32-sim/rockbox.zip";
-    if (-f $o) {
-        my $newo="output/rockbox-$dir-$version-w32-sim.zip";
-        system("mkdir -p output");
-        system("mv $o $newo");
-        print "moved $o to $newo\n" if($verbose);
-    }
-
-    print "remove all contents in rockbox-$dir-w32-sim\n" if($verbose);
-    system("rm -rf rockbox-$dir-w32-sim");
-
-    return $a;
-};
-
-sub buildit {
-    my ($target, $confnum, $extra)=@_;
-
-    `rm -rf * >/dev/null 2>&1`;
-
-    my $c = sprintf('printf "%s\n%ss\n" | ../tools/configure',
-                    $confnum, $extra);
-
-    print "C: $c\n" if($verbose);
-    `$c`;
-
-    print "Run 'make'\n" if($verbose);
-    `make -j 2>/dev/null`;
-
-    print "Run 'make install'\n" if($verbose);
-    `make install 2>/dev/null`;
-
-    print "Find and copy SDL.dll\n" if ($verbose);
-    `cp \`dirname \\\`which sdl-config\\\`\`/SDL.dll ./`;
-
-}
-
-# run make in tools first to make sure they're up-to-date
-print "cd tools && make\n" if($verbose);
-`(cd tools && make ) >/dev/null 2>&1`;
-
-runone("player", "player", '\n');
-runone("recorder", "recorder", '\n');
-runone("recorder8mb", "recorder", '8\n');
-runone("fmrecorder", "fmrecorder", '\n');
-runone("fmrecorder8mb", "fmrecorder", '8\n');
-runone("recorderv2", "recorderv2", '\n');
-runone("ondiosp", "ondiosp", '\n');
-runone("ondiofm", "ondiofm", '\n');
-runone("h100", "h100");
-runone("h120", "h120");
-runone("h300", "h300");
-runone("ipodcolor", "ipodcolor");
-runone("ipodnano", "ipodnano");
-runone("ipod4gray", "ipod4g");
-runone("ipodvideo", "ipodvideo", '32\n');
-runone("ipodvideo64mb", "ipodvideo", '64\n');
-runone("ipod3g", "ipod3g");
-runone("ipod1g2g", "ipod1g2g");
-runone("iaudiox5", "x5");
-runone("iaudiom5", "m5");
-runone("iaudiom3", "m3");
-runone("ipodmini1g", "ipodmini");
-runone("ipodmini2g", "ipodmini2g");
-runone("h10", "h10");
-runone("h10_5gb", "h10_5gb");
-runone("gigabeatf", "gigabeatf");
-runone("sansae200", "e200");
-runone("sansac200", "c200");
-#runone("mrobe500", "mrobe500");
-runone("mrobe100", "mrobe100");
-runone("cowond2", "cowond2");