Den 2010-09-29 17:00 skrev Charles Wilson:
> On 9/29/2010 10:15 AM, Peter Rosin wrote:
>> Den 2010-09-29 15:47 skrev Charles Wilson:
>>> Will this patch cause any issues if people try to use libtool + MSYS on
>>> a Win9x system?
>>
>> I don't foresee any problems, because SetErrorMode is really old.  You
>> were worrying about the entry point not being there, right?
> 
> Right.  Sadly, MSDN no longer even references things that old; from
> reading it, you'd think that *nothing* existed prior to w2k, and *every*
> current entry point was brand new with that version.
> 
> SetErrorMode:
> Minimum Supported Client: Windows 2000 Professional

Yes, that's a complete drag.

> So it's no longer even possible to discover exactly HOW old an API is,
> if it predates w2k.  At least, not via MSDN.

Well, there are pages like this:
http://www.sybase.be/detail?id=47705

Anyway, SetErrorMode is win9x-safe.

Cheers,
Peter

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