diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 140f03a..6a9803c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ tmp/$(SYSTEM)/default/static/glew.o: src/glew.c include/GL/glew.h include/GL/wgl
 
 tmp/$(SYSTEM)/default/shared/glew.o: src/glew.c include/GL/glew.h include/GL/wglew.h include/GL/glxew.h
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(CC) -DGLEW_NO_GLU $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS.SO) -o $@ -c $<
+	$(CC) -DGLEW_NO_GLU -DGLEW_BUILD $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS.SO) -o $@ -c $<
 
 # Force re-write of glew.pc, GLEW_DEST can vary
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ tmp/$(SYSTEM)/mx/static/glew.o: src/glew.c include/GL/glew.h include/GL/wglew.h
 
 tmp/$(SYSTEM)/mx/shared/glew.o: src/glew.c include/GL/glew.h include/GL/wglew.h include/GL/glxew.h
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(CC) -DGLEW_NO_GLU -DGLEW_MX $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS.SO) -o $@ -c $<
+	$(CC) -DGLEW_NO_GLU -DGLEW_MX -DGLEW_BUILD $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS.SO) -o $@ -c $<
 
 # Force re-write of glewmx.pc, GLEW_DEST can vary
 
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index a609a15..c60fd18 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ If you downloaded the tarball from the GLEW website, you just need to:
 
     Unix:
 
+        make extensions
+
         make
         
         sudo -s
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ If you downloaded the tarball from the GLEW website, you just need to:
 
     Windows:
 
-        use the project file in build/vc6/
+        use the project file in build/vc12/
 
 If you wish to build GLEW from scratch (update the extension data from
 the net or add your own extension information), you need a Unix
@@ -22,3 +24,8 @@ environment (including wget, perl, and GNU make).  The extension data
 is regenerated from the top level source directory with:
 
         make extensions
+
+An alternative to generating the GLEW sources from scratch is to
+download a pre-generated (unsupported) snapshot:
+
+        https://sourceforge.net/projects/glew/files/glew/snapshots/
diff --git a/auto/bin/parse_spec.pl b/auto/bin/parse_spec.pl
index df60ace..00fdde9 100755
--- a/auto/bin/parse_spec.pl
+++ b/auto/bin/parse_spec.pl
@@ -350,7 +350,12 @@ foreach my $spec (sort @speclist)
                         if (${$tokens}{$b} =~ /_/) {
                             1
                         } else {
-                            hex ${$tokens}{$a} <=> hex ${$tokens}{$b}
+                            if (hex ${$tokens}{$a} eq hex ${$tokens}{$b})
+                            {
+                                $a cmp $b
+                            } else {
+                                hex ${$tokens}{$a} <=> hex ${$tokens}{$b}
+                            }
                         }                    
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/config/Makefile.cygming b/config/Makefile.cygming
index afdd851..a356c5c 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.cygming
+++ b/config/Makefile.cygming
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ INCDIR = /usr/include/mingw/GL
 CC := gcc -mno-cygwin
 LD := gcc -mno-cygwin
 LN :=
-CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L$(LIBDIR)
 WARN = -Wall -W
@@ -16,10 +15,10 @@ BIN.SUFFIX = .exe
 LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a   # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
-LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a       # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a       # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
-LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a     # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a     # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME.MX) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw-w64 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw-w64
index 95275cb..bedf166 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw-w64
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw-w64
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CC    := i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
 LD    := i686-w64-mingw32-ld
 LN    :=
 STRIP :=
-CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
@@ -17,10 +16,10 @@ BIN.SUFFIX = .exe
 LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a    # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
-LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a        # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a        # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a  # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
-LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a      # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a      # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME.MX) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
index d9573a7..510e2a9 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw32
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ CC    := i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
 LD    := i586-mingw32msvc-ld
 LN    :=
 STRIP :=
-CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
@@ -17,10 +16,10 @@ BIN.SUFFIX = .exe
 LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a    # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
-LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a        # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a        # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a  # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
-LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a      # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a      # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME.MX) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64 b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
index 6093351..65c1949 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
+++ b/config/Makefile.linux-mingw64
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@
 #
 
 NAME  := glew32
-CC    := amd64-mingw32msvc-gcc
-LD    := amd64-mingw32msvc-ld
+CC    := i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
+LD    := i686-w64-mingw32-ld
 LN    :=
 STRIP :=
-CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
@@ -17,10 +16,10 @@ BIN.SUFFIX = .exe
 LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a    # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
-LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a        # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a        # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a  # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
-LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a      # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a      # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -soname $(LIB.SONAME.MX) --out-implib lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.mingw b/config/Makefile.mingw
index e74fd3c..f1fb194 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.mingw
+++ b/config/Makefile.mingw
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ NAME = glew32
 CC := gcc
 LD := gcc
 LN :=
-CFLAGS.SO = -DGLEW_BUILD
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/mingw/lib
 WARN = -Wall -W
@@ -12,10 +11,10 @@ BIN.SUFFIX = .exe
 LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a   # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
-LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a       # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a       # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 LIB.SONAME.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll
 LIB.DEVLNK.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.dll.a # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED.MX = $(NAME)mx.dll
-LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a     # the static lib will be broken (see CFLAGS.SO)
+LIB.STATIC.MX = lib$(NAME)mx.a     # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO.MX = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME.MX) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK.MX)