source: http://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/files/giflib-5.x/giflib-5.0.5.tar.bz2
version: giflib-5.0.5

- patch -p1 < mkstemp.patch
- patch -p1 < read_binar.patch
- ./configure
- make

Make link loader lib for usage with visual studio:
$ dumpbin /exports libgif.dll
From the output generate a .def file (libgif.def)
---snip----
EXPORTS
functionametoexport1
functionametoexport2
----snip----
Generate a linkloader lib for libgif.dll (use a visual studio shell)
$ lib /def:libgif.def /OUT:libgif.lib


Make static lib for usage with visual studio:
Get objconv from here: http://www.agner.org/optimize/#objconv
Convert the libgif.a static lib to libgif-static.lib for VS:

$ objconv.exe -fcoff32 -nu libgif.a libgif-static.lib