--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@
     set( CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS TRUE )
     set( ECCODES_ON_WINDOWS 1 )
 
+    if ( MSVC )
     # Suppress compliler warnings - see ECC-850
     # Suppress warnings about using 'insecure' functions. Fixing this would require changes all over
     # the codebase which would damage portability.
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@
     ecbuild_add_c_flags("/D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE")
     # Suppress C4267: warns about possible loss of data when converting 'size_t' to 'int'.
     ecbuild_add_c_flags("/wd4267")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@
 
 add_definitions( -DHAVE_ECCODES_CONFIG_H )
 
-if( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC )
+if( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC AND NOT MINGW )
     ecbuild_add_c_flags("-pedantic")
 endif()
 
--- a/definitions/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/definitions/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 # link to the definitions. See GRIB-786
 file( MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} )
 if( NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${ECCODES_DEFINITION_SUFF}" )
-  execute_process( COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" "-E" "create_symlink"
+  execute_process( COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" "-E" "copy"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${ECCODES_DEFINITION_SUFF}" )
 endif()
--- a/fortran/eccodes_f90_int.f90
--- b/fortran/eccodes_f90_int.f90
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
       codes_get_string, &
       codes_get_byte_array, &
       codes_get_int_array, &
-      codes_get_long_array, &
       codes_get_real4_array, &
       codes_get_real8_array
   end interface codes_get
--- a/ifs_samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ifs_samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   execute_process( COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${destination_build} )
   foreach( _file ${_samples} )
     get_filename_component(_filename ${_file} NAME)
-    execute_process( COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+    execute_process( COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
        ${_file} ${destination_build}/${_filename} )
   endforeach()
 endfunction()
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # link to the samples in the build directory. See GRIB-786
 file( MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} )
 if( NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${ECCODES_SAMPLES_SUFF}" )
-  execute_process( COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" "-E" "create_symlink"
+  execute_process( COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" "-E" "copy"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
     "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${ECCODES_SAMPLES_SUFF}" )
 endif()
--- a/src/eccodes_windef.h
+++ b/src/eccodes_windef.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #define eccodes_windef_H
 
 /* Microsoft Windows Visual Studio support */
-#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(_WIN32)
 #define ECCODES_ON_WINDOWS
 #ifndef YY_NO_UNISTD_H
 #define YY_NO_UNISTD_H
--- a/src/grib_accessor_class_data_g1second_order_general_extended_packing.cc
+++ b/src/grib_accessor_class_data_g1second_order_general_extended_packing.cc
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 #define MAX_NUMBER_OF_GROUPS 65534
 #define EFDEBUG 0
 
-static const unsigned long nbits[64] = {
+static const size_t nbits[64] = {
     0x1, 0x2, 0x4, 0x8,
     0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
     0x100, 0x200, 0x400, 0x800,
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 
 static long number_of_bits(grib_handle* h, unsigned long x)
 {
-    const unsigned long* n = nbits;
+    const size_t* n = nbits;
     const int count        = sizeof(nbits) / sizeof(nbits[0]);
     long i                 = 0;
     while (x >= *n) {
--- a/src/grib_api_internal.h
+++ b/src/grib_api_internal.h
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@
   #define M_PI 3.14159265358979323846
  #endif
 
+ #ifdef _MSC_VER
  #define R_OK 04 /* Needed for Windows */
+ #endif
 
  #ifndef F_OK
   #define F_OK 0
--- a/src/grib_context.cc
+++ b/src/grib_context.cc
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
         /* On UNIX, when we read from a file we get exactly what is in the file on disk.
          * But on Windows a file can be opened in binary or text mode. In binary mode the system behaves exactly as in UNIX.
          */
-#ifdef ECCODES_ON_WINDOWS
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
         _set_fmode(_O_BINARY);
 #endif