Support for older Windows versions

[Joe Orton]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:05:08PM +0200, Tobias Krause wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> I've attached a simple patch to support older Windows version.
> 
> 
> (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms738532(VS.85).aspx)

Hi, thanks for the patch.  Just to be sure whether I read that correctly 
- does this affect the build for versions of Windows >= Windows XP, or 
not?

Regards, Joe

> 
> "Support for getnameinfo on older versions of Windows
> 
> The getnameinfo function was added to the Ws2_32.dll on Windows XP and 
> later. If you want to execute an application using this function on 
> earlier versions of Windows (Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows 
> Me/98/95), then you need to include the Ws2tcpip.h file and also include 
> the Wspiapi.h file. When the Wspiapi.h include file is added, the 
> getnameinfo function is defined to the WspiapiGetNameInfo inline 
> function in the Wspiapi.h file. At runtime, the WspiapiGetNameInfo 
> function is implemented in such a way that if the Ws2_32.dll or the 
> Wship6.dll (the file containing getnameinfo in the IPv6 Technology 
> Preview for Windows 2000) does not include getnameinfo, then a version 
> of getnameinfo is implemented inline based on code in the Wspiapi.h 
> header file. This inline code will be used on older Windows platforms 
> that do not natively support the getnameinfo function."
> 
> Regards,
> Tobias
> 
> 
> 
> *** Patch
> 
> --- misc/neon-0.26.3/src/ne_socket.c	2006-10-30 14:18:51.000000000 +0100
> +++ misc/build/neon-0.26.3/src/ne_socket.c	2008-07-16 13:32:11.022546400 
> +0200
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
>   #include <stddef.h>
>   #ifdef USE_GETADDRINFO
>   #include <ws2tcpip.h>
> +#include <Wspiapi.h>
>   #endif
>   #endif
> 
> *** End
> 
> 
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