Re: Status of the MSYS/MSVC port

[Peter Rosin]

Den 2009-01-28 23:36, skrev Roumen Petrov:
> Peter Rosin wrote:
> > Den 2009-01-28 04:25 skrev Charles Wilson:
> > > Peter Rosin wrote:
> [SNIP]
> > #ifndef _STAT_DEFINED
> > struct _stat
> > {
> [SNIP]
> > };
> > #endif /* _STAT_DEFINED */
> > int _stat (const char *, struct _stat *);
> [SNIP]
>
> I think that we has to be careful about structure _stat and version of 
> msvcrt (>=8.0) - it depend from definition of time_t 32/64 bit and the 
> size is deferent depending from an another macro. May be wrapper has to 
> include MSVC headers.
>
> According to MSDN:
> Function _stat is linked to __stat64i32 or __stat32 if _USE_32BIT_TIME_T 
> is defined. I post "initial version" of a patch as feature request to 
> mingw tracker that implement 64 bit time if __MSVCRT_VERSION__ >= 
> 0x0800. My patch need independent tests and confirmation but this is 
> mingw issue.
>
> time_t = 32 for <= MSVC NET(?), i.e. msvcrt < 8.0
> time_t = 64/32 for MSVC 2003, i.e msvcrt >= 8.0

This was all inside #ifdef __MINGW32__, which assumes msvcrt.dll, i.e.
compatible with MSVC 6, so we're safe. I think. Famous last words...

Cheers,
Peter