diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 5a59ed60f0..ecbf264eb2 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-07-16 13:24 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
+  * harbour/config/global.cf
+    ! fixed HB_BIN_COMPILE exporting - it should be done only for
+      cross builds when it's fixed location
+
+  * harbour/harbour-win-spec
+  * harbour/harbour-wce-spec
+  * harbour/make_gnu_xmingw.sh
+  * harbour/make_gnu_xmingwce.sh
+    * updated for recent modifications
+
 2009-07-16 12:46 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/config/win/watcom.cf
     * added SYS NT to link options - it's default in Windows builds but
diff --git a/harbour/config/global.cf b/harbour/config/global.cf
index 5cebb3028d..8b9c1cc064 100644
--- a/harbour/config/global.cf
+++ b/harbour/config/global.cf
@@ -206,12 +206,13 @@ ifneq ($(HB_HOST_ARCH)$(HB_HOST_CPU),$(HB_ARCHITECTURE)$(HB_CPU))
                $(warning Warning: HB_BIN_COMPILE not specified. Couldn't find native build.)
             else
                $(info HB_BIN_COMPILE not specified. Automatically set to: $(HB_BIN_COMPILE))
+               export HB_BIN_COMPILE
             endif
          endif
       endif
    endif
    ifneq ($(HB_HOST_FLAG_),done)
-      HB_HOST_FLAG_=done
+      export HB_HOST_FLAG_=done
       # Setup platform macros (undefine host, define target)
       ifeq      ($(HB_HOST_ARCH),win)
          HB_USER_PRGFLAGS += -undef:__PLATFORM__WINDOWS
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ ifeq ($(HB_INC_COMPILE),)
 endif
 
 # export some variables to eliminate repeated setting in recursive calls
-export HB_HOST_ARCH HB_BIN_COMPILE HB_HOST_FLAG_
+export HB_HOST_ARCH
 
 include $(TOP)$(ROOT)config/$(HB_ARCHITECTURE)/global.cf
 include $(TOP)$(ROOT)config/globsh.cf
diff --git a/harbour/harbour-wce-spec b/harbour/harbour-wce-spec
index 052fb62781..f0075924fa 100644
--- a/harbour/harbour-wce-spec
+++ b/harbour/harbour-wce-spec
@@ -98,11 +98,7 @@ export HB_COMPILER=mingwarm
 
 export HB_BIN_COMPILE="$(pwd)/bin/linux/gcc"
 
-export CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS=""
-export HB_USER_CFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS"
-export HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__LINUX"
-export HB_USER_LDFLAGS="${CC_HB_USER_LDFLAGS}"
-export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINCE ${HB_USER_PRGFLAGS}"
+export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINCE -D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__LINUX"
 
 export HB_CCPATH="%{hb_ccpath}:"
 export HB_CCPREFIX="%{hb_ccpref}"
@@ -131,11 +127,7 @@ export HB_COMPILER=mingwarm
 
 export HB_BIN_COMPILE="$(pwd)/bin/linux/gcc"
 
-export CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS=""
-export HB_USER_CFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS"
-export HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__LINUX"
-export HB_USER_LDFLAGS="${CC_HB_USER_LDFLAGS}"
-export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINCE ${HB_USER_PRGFLAGS}"
+export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINCE -D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__LINUX"
 
 export HB_CCPATH="%{hb_ccpath}:"
 export HB_CCPREFIX="%{hb_ccpref}"
diff --git a/harbour/harbour-win-spec b/harbour/harbour-win-spec
index 1c23debed0..986a195cee 100644
--- a/harbour/harbour-win-spec
+++ b/harbour/harbour-win-spec
@@ -98,11 +98,7 @@ export HB_COMPILER=mingw
 
 export HB_BIN_COMPILE="$(pwd)/bin/linux/gcc"
 
-export CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS=""
-export HB_USER_CFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS"
 export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__LINUX"
-export HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS"
-export HB_USER_LDFLAGS="${CC_HB_USER_LDFLAGS}"
 
 export HB_CCPATH="%{hb_ccpath}:"
 export HB_CCPREFIX="%{hb_ccpref}"
@@ -131,11 +127,7 @@ export HB_COMPILER=mingw
 
 export HB_BIN_COMPILE="$(pwd)/bin/linux/gcc"
 
-export CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS=""
-export HB_USER_CFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS"
 export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__LINUX"
-export HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS"
-export HB_USER_LDFLAGS="${CC_HB_USER_LDFLAGS}"
 
 export HB_CCPATH="%{hb_ccpath}:"
 export HB_CCPREFIX="%{hb_ccpref}"
diff --git a/harbour/make_gnu_xmingw.sh b/harbour/make_gnu_xmingw.sh
index 0f9f1b1918..bfec136919 100755
--- a/harbour/make_gnu_xmingw.sh
+++ b/harbour/make_gnu_xmingw.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 # Copyright 2003-2005 by Phil Krylov <phil a t newstar.rinet.ru>
 #
 
-cleanup()
-{
-    rm -fR "${HB_BIN_COMPILE}"
-}
-
 UNAME=`uname`
 UNAMEL=`echo "$UNAME"|tr A-Z a-z`
 UNAMEU=`echo "$UNAME"|tr a-z A-Z`
@@ -33,17 +28,12 @@ else
     esac
 fi
 
-CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS=""
 if [ "$HB_HOST_ARCH" != "win" ]; then
-    CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__$UNAMEU"
+    export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__$UNAMEU"
 fi
 
-[ -z "$HB_INSTALL_PREFIX" ] && \
+[ -n "$HB_INSTALL_PREFIX" ] || \
 export HB_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local/mingw32-harbour"
-export CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS=""
-export HB_USER_CFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS $HB_USER_CFLAGS"
-export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS
-export HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS $HB_USER_PRGFLAGS"
 
 # try to detect MinGW cross-compiler location
 # using some default platform settings
@@ -102,64 +92,13 @@ if [ ! -x ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/${HB_CCPREFIX}gcc ] && \
     exit 1
 fi
 
-HB_CCPATH="$MINGW_PREFIX/bin:$MINGW_PREFIX/$TARGET/bin:"
-PATH="$HB_CCPATH$PATH"
-
-export PATH HB_CCPATH HB_CCPREFIX
-
+export HB_CCPATH="${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin:${MINGW_PREFIX}/${TARGET}/bin:"
+export PATH="${HB_CCPATH}${PATH}"
+export HB_CCPREFIX
 export HB_TOOLS_PREF="hbw"
 export HB_XBUILD="win"
 [ "${HB_HOST_BUILD}" = "all" ] || export HB_HOST_BUILD="lib"
 
-export HB_BIN_COMPILE="/tmp/hb-xmingw-$$"
-rm -fR "${HB_BIN_COMPILE}"
-trap cleanup EXIT >/dev/null 2>&1
-mkdir ${HB_BIN_COMPILE}
-
-DIR=`cd $(dirname $0);pwd`
-if [ -z "${HB_COMP_PATH}" ]; then
-    if which harbour > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        HB_COMP_PATH=`which harbour 2> /dev/null`
-    else
-        HB_COMP_PATH="$DIR/source/main/$HB_HOST_ARCH/$HB_HOST_COMP/harbour"
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [ -x "${HB_COMP_PATH}" ]; then
-    ln -s "${HB_COMP_PATH}" ${HB_BIN_COMPILE}/harbour.exe
-else
-    echo "You must have a working 'harbour' executable for your platform on your PATH."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}" ]; then
-    if which hbpp &> /dev/null; then
-        HB_PPGEN_PATH=`which hbpp 2> /dev/null`
-    elif [ -x "${DIR}/source/pp/${HB_HOST_ARCH}/${HB_HOST_COMP}/hbpp" ]; then
-        HB_PPGEN_PATH="${DIR}/source/pp/${HB_HOST_ARCH}/${HB_HOST_COMP}/hbpp"
-    else
-        DIR=`dirname ${HB_COMP_PATH}`
-        if [ -x "${DIR}/hbpp" ]; then
-            HB_PPGEN_PATH="${DIR}/hbpp"
-        else
-            HB_PPGEN_PATH="$DIR/source/pp/$HB_HOST_ARCH/$HB_HOST_COMP/hbpp"
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-if [ -d "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}" ]; then
-    if [ -x "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}/hbpp" ]; then
-        HB_PPGEN_PATH="${HB_PPGEN_PATH}/hbpp"
-    fi
-fi
-if [ -x "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}" ] && [ -f "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}" ]; then
-    ln -s ${HB_PPGEN_PATH} ${HB_BIN_COMPILE}/hbpp.exe
-    HB_PPGEN_PATH="${HB_BIN_COMPILE}"
-else
-    echo "You must have a working 'hbpp' executable for your platform on your PATH."
-    exit 1
-fi
-export HB_PPGEN_PATH
-
 case "$1" in
     tgz|gnu)
         ext=$1
@@ -170,7 +109,3 @@ case "$1" in
         . `dirname $0`/make_gnu.sh "$@"
         ;;
 esac
-
-stat="$?"
-cleanup
-exit "${stat}"
diff --git a/harbour/make_gnu_xmingwce.sh b/harbour/make_gnu_xmingwce.sh
index 730024edf7..cbc940b63e 100755
--- a/harbour/make_gnu_xmingwce.sh
+++ b/harbour/make_gnu_xmingwce.sh
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 # Copyright 2007 by Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
 #
 
-cleanup()
-{
-    rm -fR "${HB_BIN_COMPILE}"
-}
-
 UNAME=`uname`
 UNAMEL=`echo "$UNAME"|tr A-Z a-z`
 UNAMEU=`echo "$UNAME"|tr a-z A-Z`
@@ -33,38 +28,27 @@ else
     esac
 fi
 
-CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS=""
 if [ "$HB_HOST_ARCH" != "win" ] && \
    [ "$HB_HOST_ARCH" != "wce" ]; then
-    CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS -D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__$UNAMEU"
+    export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="-D__PLATFORM__WINDOWS -undef:__PLATFORM__UNIX -undef:__PLATFORM__$UNAMEU"
 fi
 
-[ -z "$HB_INSTALL_PREFIX" ] && \
+[ -n "$HB_INSTALL_PREFIX" ] || \
 export HB_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local/arm-wince-mingwce-harbour"
-export CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS=""
-export HB_USER_CFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_CFLAGS $HB_USER_CFLAGS"
-export CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS
-export HB_USER_PRGFLAGS="$CC_HB_USER_PRGFLAGS $HB_USER_PRGFLAGS"
 
-# default cegcc instalation path
+# default mingwce instalation path
 [ -z "$HB_CCPATH" ] && HB_CCPATH="/opt/mingw32ce/bin"
 
-if [ "$HB_HOST_ARCH" != "win" ] && \
-   [ "$HB_HOST_ARCH" != "wce" ]; then
-    export PATH="$HB_CCPATH:$PATH"
-fi
-
-# cegcc executables prefix - this
-# has changed in cegcc/gcc4.3.0
+# mingwce executables prefix - this
 if [ -z "$HB_CCPREFIX" ]; then
     if [ -x "${HB_CCPATH}/arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc" ]; then
-        export HB_CCPREFIX="arm-wince-mingw32ce-"
+        HB_CCPREFIX="arm-wince-mingw32ce-"
     else
         if [ -x "${HB_CCPATH}/arm-mingw32ce-gcc" ]; then
-            export HB_CCPREFIX="arm-mingw32ce-"
+            HB_CCPREFIX="arm-mingw32ce-"
         else
-            echo "cegcc compiler executable not found. Ensure you have cegcc package installed in"
-            echo "/opt/mingw32ce dir, or (alternatively) set environment variable HB_CCPATH to a cegcc"
+            echo "mingwce compiler executable not found. Ensure you have mingwce package installed in"
+            echo "/opt/mingw32ce dir, or (alternatively) set environment variable HB_CCPATH to a mingwce"
             echo "installation directory"
             exit 1
         fi
@@ -72,59 +56,12 @@ if [ -z "$HB_CCPREFIX" ]; then
 fi
 
 export HB_CCPATH="${HB_CCPATH}:"
+export PATH="${HB_CCPATH}${PATH}"
+export HB_CCPREFIX
 export HB_TOOLS_PREF="hbce"
 export HB_XBUILD="wce"
 [ "${HB_HOST_BUILD}" = "all" ] || export HB_HOST_BUILD="lib"
 
-export HB_BIN_COMPILE="/tmp/hb-${HB_CCPREFIX}-$$"
-rm -fR "${HB_BIN_COMPILE}"
-trap cleanup EXIT >/dev/null 2>&1
-mkdir ${HB_BIN_COMPILE}
-
-DIR=`cd $(dirname $0);pwd`
-if [ -z "${HB_COMP_PATH}" ]; then
-    if which harbour > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-        HB_COMP_PATH=`which harbour 2> /dev/null`
-    else
-        HB_COMP_PATH="$DIR/source/main/$HB_HOST_ARCH/$HB_HOST_COMP/harbour"
-    fi
-fi
-
-if [ -x "${HB_COMP_PATH}" ]; then
-    ln -s "${HB_COMP_PATH}" ${HB_BIN_COMPILE}/harbour.exe
-else
-    echo "You must have a working 'harbour' executable for your platform on your PATH."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}" ]; then
-    if which hbpp &> /dev/null; then
-        HB_PPGEN_PATH=`which hbpp 2> /dev/null`
-    elif [ -x "${DIR}/source/pp/${HB_HOST_ARCH}/${HB_HOST_COMP}/hbpp" ]; then
-        HB_PPGEN_PATH="${DIR}/source/pp/${HB_HOST_ARCH}/${HB_HOST_COMP}/hbpp"
-    else
-        DIR=`dirname ${HB_COMP_PATH}`
-        if [ -x "${DIR}/hbpp" ]; then
-            HB_PPGEN_PATH="${DIR}/hbpp"
-        else
-            HB_PPGEN_PATH="$DIR/source/pp/$HB_HOST_ARCH/$HB_HOST_COMP/hbpp"
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-if [ -d "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}" ]; then
-    if [ -x "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}/hbpp" ]; then
-        HB_PPGEN_PATH="${HB_PPGEN_PATH}/hbpp"
-    fi
-fi
-if [ -x "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}" ] && [ -f "${HB_PPGEN_PATH}" ]; then
-    ln -s ${HB_PPGEN_PATH} ${HB_BIN_COMPILE}/hbpp.exe
-    HB_PPGEN_PATH="${HB_BIN_COMPILE}"
-else
-    echo "You must have a working 'hbpp' executable for your platform on your PATH."
-    exit 1
-fi
-export HB_PPGEN_PATH
-
 case "$1" in
     tgz|gnu)
         ext=$1
@@ -135,7 +72,3 @@ case "$1" in
         . `dirname $0`/make_gnu.sh "$@"
         ;;
 esac
-
-stat="$?"
-cleanup
-exit "${stat}"