X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:38:06 +0530 From: "Shishir Birmiwal" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.5.23: ip_mreq_source not defined in cygwin/sockets.h In-Reply-To: <20070116104610.GE28312@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070116104610 DOT GE28312 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Thanks, Corinna > > Would it make sense for cygwin/sockets.h to include w32api/ws2tcpip.h? > > I'm afraid that it might add to the kludge that is winsock/winsock2, > > and break some things :) > > Don't do that. Define the missing strcutures manually in your application > instead. > > Also keep in mind that ip_mreq_source, ip_msfilter, in_pktinfo are only > available starting with Windows XP. If you use them in your application, > it will not be backward compatible to NT4, W2K, or, FWIW, 95/98/Me. Appreciate the heads-up. Thanks again. Regards Shishir -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/