> Actually I think the patch Harold submitted was because the w32api was
> wrong.
>
If so, then w32api should in Cygwin should be patched without #ifdef for
Xserver???
Suhaib
> Rob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Alexander Gottwald'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 11:18 PM
> Subject: RE: Compile Problems with Harold's Server...
>
>
> >
> >
> > > I think there were two possibilies.
> > >
> > > a) leave the w32api includes unchanged and modify whole xc-tree
> > > b) fix the occurences in w32api and leave the x sources untouched
> > >
> > > since the first would have been a lot of work, I think the second
> was
> > > the best.
> >
> > Nope, first is the best. You do not need to modify whole
> 250 MB code
> > of xc-tree it is ONLY Harold code in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xwin.
> Therefore
> > that needs to fixed for namespace issues, as John reported.
> >
> > I do not think it is a good idea that folks at Cygwin start patching
> the
> > headers
> > for every software out there.
> >
> > >
> > > Of course these changes should only be made when
> compiling for X (or
> > > even just the XServer) and not for normal development.
> > >
> > > Maybe the inclusion of the affected windows headers can be
> > > stopped by adding
> > > some #define and #undef, but this is for the future when the
> > > XServer is
> > > running correctly and no other work has to be done.
> >
> >
> > The code in hw/xwin needs to fixed. That is the best way to go.
> >
> > Suhaib
> >
> > >
> > > Bye
> > > ago
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alexander Gottwald
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > www.gotti.org
> > >
> >
>
