PVECTORED_EXCEPTION_HANDLER undefined compiling assert.cc

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 07:34:58AM +0200, Dimitri Papadopoulos-Orfanos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> >>I get the following error trying to compile current Cygwin CVS on NT4.
> >>PVECTORED_EXCEPTION_HANDLER is defined in winnt.h.  Suggestions?
> >
> >
> >I'm getting the same error now when trying to build.  This seems to be
> >a new problem introduced by a checkin by Dimitri Papadopoulos-Orfanos
> >from today.  I've cc'd him in this mail.
> >
> >Please test if Cygwin still builds before you're checking in stuff into
> >w32api and mingw.
> 
> I'm sorry, however I'm not sure I have the resources to rebuild Cygwin. 
> I usually just rebuild w32api and run its test (make test). My 
> understanding was that this test is sufficient when changing only w32api.
>
> This specific problem seems to occur when defining _WIN32_WINNT, 
> probably to a value of 0x0500.

I've checked in a patch in CVS.  The problem was raised by
PVECTORED_EXCEPTION_HANDLER defined only if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0501
but the usage in winbase was guarded by _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500.
Cygwin sets _WIN32_WINNT to 0x0500.

>  Maybe the w32api test should be extended 
> to be run with a variety of _WIN32_WINNT and WINVER values?

That would be a good idea, IMHO.

Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Developer
Red Hat, Inc.