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Date:	Sun, 24 Mar 2024 22:05:43 +0100
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Subject:	Re: GetVersionEx() depreciated, what should be used instead for
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From:	Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Mar 24 15:42, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> > On Mar 23 10:57, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> > > On Mar 21 16:15, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> > > > On Mar 21 09:58, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> > > > > > > ..
> > > > I just gave it a try on W11. The results are even more funny than I
> > > > anticipated:
> > > > 
> > > > ...
> > > > 
> > > > So, yeah, with your observations especially on older W10 versions and
> > > > with 8.1 doing the same thing, I guess we can safely drop the extra call
> > > > to RtlGetNtVersionNumbers now.
> > > Or:
> > > Keep RtlGetVersionNumbers, compare result with RtlGetVersion and emit debug
> > > output if both differ. This would allow to diagnose a possible future
> > > reappearance of the issue.
> > Good idea! Do you want to create a patch?
> > 
> 
> I tried, but without success. Unfortunately debug_printf() does not work
> because wincap.init() is called before get_cygwin_startup_info() which calls
> strace.activate().

small_printf should work, just needs "\r\n" in the Windows console.

But, anyway, nothing speaks aginst just sticking to the current code.
It works and probably continues to work...


Thanks,
Corinna

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