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From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:52:23 +0100
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Subject: Re: Where is h_errno?
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On Sunday 17 December 2000 13:36, Stephen C. Biggs wrote:
> > Did you search the include files before sending this mail?
>
> Yes I did... the only definition that resolves to something is in
> w32api/winsock.h.  This doesn't work if I am trying to compile a Unix
> tarball (apache).  netdb.h has an extern but only if
> __INSIDE_CYGWIN_NET__

No. It contains

#ifdef  __INSIDE_CYGWIN_NET__
extern int h_errno;
#else
extern __declspec(dllimport) int h_errno;
#endif

> > Did you eliminate the `extern int h_errno;' line(s) when __CYGWIN__
> > is defined?
>
> What would that do?  The compile will then exit with an undefined
> symbol instead of getting to the linker error.

It wouldn't conflict with the above definition in netdb.h
It's the same situation as it's with errno.

Corinna

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