How to fix "builddir not recognized as an internal or external command." error when building libiconv?

Question

I'm trying to compile libiconv under Windows 7 using mingw. I've been following this tutorial: https://blog.inventic.eu/2010/11/how-to-compile-open-source-libraries-under-windows-using-mingw/

However when I try to make, it throws an error.
Here's a sreenshot: https://i.stack.imgur.com/gu4eD.jpg

Answer 1

Some packages have build instructions for Windows included in the package.

In particular, GNU libiconv has a file README.windows or INSTALL.windows.

MSYS is not a supported environment for building GNU libiconv.