Ed Hartnett wrote: > Here's what I had to add to get my code to build. I would prefer > if autoconf could add this to config.h, for example: > > /* These are needed on mingw to get a dll to compile. They really > * should be provided in sys/stats.h, but what the heck. Let's not > * be too picky! */ > #ifndef S_IRGRP > #define S_IRGRP 0000040 > #endif > #ifndef S_IROTH > #define S_IROTH 0000004 > #endif > #ifndef S_IWGRP > #define S_IWGRP 0000020 > #endif > #ifndef S_IWOTH > #define S_IWOTH 0000002 > #endif I'm curious as to why you would expect MinGW's `sys/stat.h' to define these? MinGW specifically targets the *native* Win32 platform. These are *UNIX* specific filesystem attributes; they are *not* supported in native Win32. By defining them, you fool the compiler into believing that the OS supports features that it doesn't. MinGW *deliberately* omits these defines, so you get a compile time error when you try to do something which the OS doesn't support. By sidestepping this, you leave your application vulnerable to unexpected behaviour, or even failure at runtime; defining them is *not* a good idea. What you should be doing is recognising that these don't apply on the host OS, and coding so that you don't use them. When compiling for a host such as Win32, use something like `#ifdef _WIN32', (or, for a MinGW specific test, `#ifdef __MINGW32__'), to identify these special cases, and provide alternative code which doesn't use these unsupported attributes. Regards, Keith. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
