Re: [Fwd: Checking for 95 vs. NT at runtime]

[Christopher Faylor <cgf at redhat dot com>]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 04:29:19PM -0800, Bruce Edge wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 04:03:58PM -0800, Bruce Edge wrote:
>> >Can you tell from the cygwin API whether you're running under NT or 95?
>> >
>> >I saw the thread that contained:
>> >
>> >  if (! is_winnt)
>> >    {
>> >      ...your w9x specific code...
>> >    }
>> >
>> >The definition of is_winnt is used eg. in `cygwin_utils.c':
>> >
>> >#define is_winnt       (GetVersion() < 0x80000000)
>> >
>> >but GetVersion is undefined.
>> 
>> No, it isn't.  I don't know why you would think that this is undefined
>> but it is not.
>
>When I link I get:
>/../../../src/lib/dama/stdmsg/stack/stdm_phy_232.cc:103: undefined reference
>to
>`GetVersion(void)@0'
>collect2: ld returned 1 exit
>status                                             
>
>and, I did a: 
>  for f in /lib/*.a ; do objdump --syms | grep GetVersion; done
>without seeing it resolved anywhere, just saw references to it.
>
>Do you know what lib file it's in?
>
>> You do have to include the header file which defines it, though, which
>> would probably be <windows.h>.

libkernel32.a .  This is in (coincidentally) the w32api package.

If you haven't installed (and I'd have to wonder why anyone would avoid
doing so) this then that is your problem.

FYI, this is a Windows function.  You should check out

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp

to read up on Microsoft functions.

cgf

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