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Re: Is __imp_reent_data Deprecated? (a.k.a Problem #3 Building Cygwin PostgreSQL)
- To: Cygwin <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Is __imp_reent_data Deprecated? (a.k.a Problem #3 Building Cygwin PostgreSQL)
- From: Jason Tishler <Jason dot Tishler at dothill dot com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:18:30 -0400
- Organization: Dot Hill Systems Corp.
- References: <20000922093715.C1458@DP> <20000922130217.D5938@cygnus.com>
I think that Chris meant to reply to the list too...
On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 01:02:17PM -0400, Chris Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 09:37:15AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> >While building PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on a stock Cygwin 1.1.4, I had problems
> >during the linking phase because of the attached file contributed by Mumit
> >Khan. Specifically, I had an undefined reference to '__imp_reent_data'
> >due to the following line:
> >
> > _impure_ptr = __imp_reent_data;
> >
> >Reading the comments, I can only assume that '__imp_reent_data' is a
> >vestige of b19. If so, what is the appropriate analog for the Net
> >release?
> >
> >BTW, searching the archives I found exactly the same problem as
> >documented by:
> >
> > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-07/msg00629.html
> >
> >Unfortunately, there was no response to this post. Hopefully, I will
> >be more fortunate. At least, I can try, try again...
>
> reent_data is exported by the cygwin.def file. Check the sources.
>
> It looks like the variable is not being correctly *declared* using
> declspec(dllimport). Changing the source to use that rather than
> trying to kludge the name with an __imp_ naming convention will probably
> solve the problem.
Jason
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