Re: Max env-var size on Win-XP

[Gisle Vanem]

"Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Wouldn't it be better to display the error only if CreateProcess fails
> with e=87 _and_ the environment is larger than 32KB?  That would allow
> us to avoid calling GetVersionEx, which MS wants to deprecate (see
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724451%28v=vs.85%29.aspx).

To use this new Version Helper API, much more rewrite is needed. 
Allthough GetVersionEx() is deprecated, it will still work for the foreseable future.

> Would you like to write a modified patch along these lines?

Okay, will do. 

BTW. Do we support Win-9x/ME? If so, maybe we need to use GetVersionEx() more 
 carefully. I.e. loaded dynamically?

--gv