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Re: #define Win32_Winsock fails in 1.1.8
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- Subject: Re: #define Win32_Winsock fails in 1.1.8
- From: "Paul Garceau" <pgarceau at qwest dot net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 14:21:44 -0800
- Organization: New Dawn Productions
- Reply-to: Paul Garceau <pgarceau at qwest dot net>
Hi folks,
On 7 Mar 2001, at 8:44, the Illustrious Matt.Brozowski@tavve.com wrote:
>
> The reason I am attempting to use the WinSock API via Cygwin is that my
> application is integrating with a commercial application (HP OpenView)
> and the APIs on the windows version return WinSock sockets that I need
> to do a WinSock select on in order to tell when there is data to read.
> This has not been a problem in the past because the #define
> Win32_Winsock enables this feature. It just appears that in the latest
> version some header file changes has broken this feature. I have
> currently worked around to problem by removing the #include
> <sys/reent.h> from string.h and tolerating the "struct _reent declared
> inside parameter list" warning that occurs. I was hoping know from this
> list if anyone was aware of this problem to ensure it got fixed in a
> future release.
You might want to verify that you are _not using_
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN.
If you are (at least under Win32API), it automatically turns off the
Win32 socket stuff, Winsock2 notwithstanding.
Peace,
Paul G.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
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