diff --git a/mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh b/mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh
index 19ba79ea709..b90782537a6 100755
--- a/mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh
+++ b/mswindows/osgeo4w/package.sh
@@ -24,19 +24,27 @@ VERSION=$(version)
 PACKAGE=3
 export VERSION PACKAGE
 
-(
-echo
-echo
-echo
+GRASS_PYTHON=/c/OSGeo4W/apps/Python25
+PYTHONHOME=/c/OSGeo4W/apps/Python25
+export GRASS_PYTHON PYTHONHOME
+
+LOG=mswindows/osgeo4w/package.log
+
+report() {
+    echo $(date): STARTING $1
+    echo $(date): STARTING $1 >>$LOG
+}
+
+echo $(date): START > $LOG
 
 if ! [ -f mswindows/osgeo4w/configure-stamp ]; then
 
 	if [ -e include/Make/Grass.make ] ; then
-	    echo $(date): STARTING make distclean
-	    make distclean
+	    report "distclean"
+	    make distclean >>$LOG 2>&1
 	fi
 
-	echo $(date): STARTING configure
+	report "configure"
 	./configure \
 		--with-libs="$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/apps/gdal-16/lib $OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/lib" \
 		--with-includes="$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/apps/gdal-16/include $OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/include" \
@@ -62,21 +70,18 @@ if ! [ -f mswindows/osgeo4w/configure-stamp ]; then
 		--with-odbc \
 	        --without-cairo \
 	        --enable-largefile
+		--with-odbc >>$LOG 2>&1
+		
 	touch mswindows/osgeo4w/configure-stamp
 fi
 
-GRASS_PYTHON=/c/OSGeo4W/apps/Python25
-export GRASS_PYTHON
-PYTHONHOME=/c/OSGeo4W/apps/Python25
-export PYTHONHOME
+report "make"
+make >>$LOG 2>&1
 
-echo $(date): STARTING make
-make
+report "make install"
+make install >>$LOG 2>&1
 
-echo $(date): STARTING make install
-make install
-
-echo $(date): STARTING cleanup
+report "cleanup"
 mv "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS"/apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/lib/*.$VERSION.dll \
    "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/bin"
 
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ cp mswindows/osgeo4w/preremove.bat \
    "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/etc/preremove/grass.bat"
 
 P="$(pwd -W)"
-#portable? how about dist.amd64-pc-mingw32?
+# portable? how about dist.amd64-pc-mingw32?
 P="${P//\//\\\\}\\\\dist.i686-pc-mingw32"
 
 sed -e "s#$P#@osgeo4w@#" "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/etc/fontcap" \
@@ -103,54 +108,6 @@ sed -e "s#$P#@osgeo4w_msys@#" "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/apps/grass/bin/grass70" \
     > $OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/apps/grass/bin/grass70.tmpl
 rm "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/etc/fontcap"
 
-#echo $(date): STARTING building vc libraries
-#sh mswindows/osgeo4w/mklibs.sh "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS"/bin/*.$VERSION.dll
-#mv mswindows/osgeo4w/vc/grass*.lib \
- #  "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS/apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/lib"
-#
-#set -x
-#echo $(date): BUILDING GDAL GRASS plugins
-#cmd /c 'mswindows\\osgeo4w\\gdalplugins.cmd $VERSION'
-#
-#echo $(date): CREATING packages in $(PDIR)
-#mkdir -p package/grass-devel \
-#        package/grass-devel-mingw \
-#        package/grass-devel-vc \
-#        package/grass
-#
-#PDIR="$PWD/package"
-#cd "$OSGEO4W_ROOT_MSYS"
-#tar -cjf "$PDIR/grass-devel/grass-devel-$VERSION-$PACKAGE.tar.bz2" \
-#	"apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/include"
-#
-#tar -cjf "$PDIR/grass-devel-mingw/grass-devel-mingw-$VERSION-$PACKAGE.tar.bz2" \
-#	"apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/lib/"libgrass*.a
-#
-#tar -cjf "$PDIR/grass-devel-vc/grass-devel-vc-$VERSION-$PACKAGE.tar.bz2" \
-#	"apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/"lib/*.lib
-#
-#tar -cjf "$PDIR/grass/grass-$VERSION-$PACKAGE.tar.bz2" \
-#	apps/grass/bin/grass70.tmpl \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/authors \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/bin/ \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/bwidget/ \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/changes \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/copying \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/docs \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/driver \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/etc \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/gpl.txt \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/requirements.html \
-#	apps/grass/grass-$VERSION/scripts \
-#	bin/libgnurx-0.dll \
-#	bin/libiconv-2.dll \
-#	bin/libintl-8.dll \
-#	bin/grass70.bat.tmpl \
-#	bin/libgrass_*.$VERSION.dll \
-#	etc/ini/grass.bat \
-#	etc/postinstall/grass.bat \
-#	etc/preremove/grass.bat
-
-echo $(date): END
-
-) | tee -a mswindows/osgeo4w/package.log
+echo $(date): END >> $LOG
+
+exit 0