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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	"Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: w32api 3.1 causes mysterious multiple definition errors
Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:33:06 +0100
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Dave Korn wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Max Bowsher
>> Sent: 25 October 2004 14:20
>
>> w32api is decorating the problem symbols with __declspec(dllimport).
>> Fortunately, it is doing so in a #define-controllable manner.
>> I will be committing a suitable workaround to setup
>> shortly.
>
>  Would the suitable fix be to delete the now-superfluous entries from
> autoload.c rather than manipulate the behaviour of the w32api headers with 
> a
> #define?

Absolutely NOT.

> How does all this interact with 9x, where there aren't any
> SID/ACL/Token functions?

It would completely break setup on 9x.

Max.


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