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Re: [ITA] w32api-3.0b_svn5368-1
On Aug 14 08:46, Andy Koppe wrote:
> On 14 August 2012 08:34, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Aug 14 09:29, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> On Aug 14 08:25, Andy Koppe wrote:
> >> > On 14 August 2012 08:18, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> > > On Aug 13 21:51, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> >> > >> On 2012-08-12 01:49, JonY wrote:
> >> > >> >New w32api preliminary upload, now with mingw-w64 parts.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> Nack. Both mintty and xorg-server FTBFS with this w32api.
> >> > >
> >> > > Er... what?
> >> >
> >> > I had to look it up: Fails To Build From Source.
> >> >
> >> > /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.5.3/../../../../include/w32api/windef.h:23:27:
> >> > error: expected â=â, â,â, â;â, âasmâ or â__attribute__â before âULONGâ
> >> >
> >> > windef.h:23: typedef unsigned __LONG32 ULONG;
> >> >
> >> > It doesn't like the __LONG32.
> >>
> >> Ok, that's fixable. Do you include windef before windows.h? If so,
> >> does it work if you switch the includes?
>
> I haven't included windows.h, but just the headers that are actually
> needed. (Yeah, I know MSDN doesn't like that, but then why do they
> bother documenting which header each function is in.)
>
> > Alternatively, can you apply this patch to windef.h and try again?
> >
> > Index: windef.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- windef.h (revision 5370)
> > +++ windef.h (working copy)
> > @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
> > extern "C" {
> > #endif
> >
> > +#include <_mingw.h>
> > +
> > #ifndef WINVER
> > #define WINVER 0x0502
> > #endif
>
> Yep, mintty builds fine with that, and appears to work. For some
> reason it's 9K bigger than with the current w32api though.
I think this is because the mingw-w64 libs come with a couple more
static elements built into the libs (GUIDs and stuff).
Kai, can you explain the difference?
Corinna
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