[Mingw-w64-public] Fwd: Change from 4.4.4 to 4.6.0

[Ehsan A. <aza...@gm...>]

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From: Ehsan Azarnasab <aza...@gm...>
Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Mingw-w64-public] Change from 4.4.4 to 4.6.0
To: Sisyphus <sis...@op...>


On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Sisyphus <sis...@op...> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ozkan Sezer" <se...@gm...>
>
>>> you're supposed to include winsock2.h before windows.h, as windows.h by
>>> default includes the incompatible and older winsock.h.
>>>
>>> Plenty of software packages make this mistake. You'll need to fix up
>>> this assumptions.
>>
>> Well, I think he is using an old header-set, obviously.
>
> That's possible, I guess, though the "problem" compiler is a more recent
> build than the 4.4.4 that works fine. Is there a simple way of installing a
> recent set of headers into this 4.6.0 compiler ? I don't see any current
> cross-compiler binaries under automated builds that I can try out - they're
> all source distros.
>
> Making sure that winsock2.h gets included first worked fine, btw. (In
> libssh2_priv.h I simply included winsock2.h instead of windows.h.)
>
> In any case, I can stick with 4.4.4 for the time being. I don't have any
> *need* to use 4.6.0, and I can keep this particular glitch in mind if I ever
> do switch to that compiler. (Yeah .... right ..... "keep this particular
> glitch in mind" .... for about a week ... if that :-)
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob
>
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Just for future reference; if you have included "windows.h" in so many
places or the source control is out of your hand, you can "#define
_WINSOCKAPI_" which prevents "windows.h" from using "winsock.h", then
you can include "winsock2.h" after "windows.h"