diff --git a/src/libs/portability/portability.cpp b/src/libs/portability/portability.cpp
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+/***************************************************************************
+
+    file                 : portability.cpp
+    created              : August 2012
+    copyright            : (C) 2012 Jean-Philippe Meuret
+    web                  : speed-dreams.sourceforge.net
+    version              : $Id$
+
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "portability.h"
+
+
+// Missing strndup, define it here (for FreeBSD).
+// Code provided by Thierry Thomas.
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNDUP
+
+char *strndup(const char *str, int len)
+{
+	if (!str || len < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	char* ret;
+	if (!(ret = (char*)malloc(len + 1)))
+		return 0;
+
+	memcpy(ret, str, len);
+	ret[len] = '\0';
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#endif // HAVE_STRNDUP
+
+// Missing strtok_r, define it here (for MinGW).
+// Code provided by Charlie Gordon http://bytes.com/topic/c/answers/708293-strtok-strtok_r.
+#ifndef HAVE_STRTOK_R
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#undef strtok_r // Avoid warning C4273: 'strtok_s' : inconsistent dll linkage (yes, 'strtok_s', not '_r' !)
+#endif
+
+char *strtok_r(char *str, const char *delim, char **nextp)
+{
+	char *ret;
+
+	if (!str)
+		str = *nextp;
+	str += strspn(str, delim);
+	if (*str == '\0')
+		return 0;
+	ret = str;
+	str += strcspn(str, delim);
+	if (*str)
+		*str++ = '\0';
+	*nextp = str;
+	
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#endif // HAVE_STRTOK_R
+
+