Current MinGW (based on GCC 4.6.2) already contains SList API, but you need to indicate you are compiling for the Windows target supporting it by defining a preprocessor value _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501 or higher (which indicates Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows XP with SP2).
Go to http://equation.com and download their perfect MinGW build with the latest gcc 4.8.
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