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Date:	Fri, 22 Sep 2000 13:18:30 -0400
From:	Jason Tishler <Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com>
To:	Cygwin <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Is __imp_reent_data Deprecated? (a.k.a Problem #3 Building Cygwin PostgreSQL)
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In-Reply-To:	<20000922130217.D5938@cygnus.com>; from cgf@cygnus.com on Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 01:02:17PM -0400
Organization:	Dot Hill Systems Corp.

I think that Chris meant to reply to the list too...

On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 01:02:17PM -0400, Chris Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 09:37:15AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
> >While building PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on a stock Cygwin 1.1.4, I had problems
> >during the linking phase because of the attached file contributed by Mumit
> >Khan.  Specifically, I had an undefined reference to '__imp_reent_data'
> >due to the following line:
> >
> >    _impure_ptr = __imp_reent_data;
> >
> >Reading the comments, I can only assume that '__imp_reent_data' is a
> >vestige of b19.  If so, what is the appropriate analog for the Net
> >release?
> >
> >BTW, searching the archives I found exactly the same problem as
> >documented by:
> >
> >    http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2000-07/msg00629.html
> >
> >Unfortunately, there was no response to this post.  Hopefully, I will
> >be more fortunate.  At least, I can try, try again...
> 
> reent_data is exported by the  cygwin.def file.  Check the sources.
> 
> It looks like the variable is not being correctly *declared* using
> declspec(dllimport).  Changing the source to use that rather than
> trying to kludge the name with an __imp_ naming convention will probably
> solve the problem.

Jason

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