I think it's because it's __stdcall, and the name gets mangled to include the number of parameters.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:44 PM > To: Chuck McDevitt > Cc: Tom Lane; PostgreSQL-development > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Windows + IP6 progress > > > The mingw header has pretty much this with WINSOCK_API_LINKAGE IN OUT > and FAR dissolved away. > > The standard test complains about it being an unresolved reference when > it is declared as "char getaddrinfo (); ". If we remove that and instead > include the header the test passes. I have no idea why that should be > the case for this function and not for others. > > cheers > > andrew > > > Chuck McDevitt wrote: > > >The definition in WS2tcpip.h > > > >WINSOCK_API_LINKAGE > >int > >WSAAPI > >getaddrinfo( > > IN const char FAR * nodename, > > IN const char FAR * servname, > > IN const struct addrinfo FAR * hints, > > OUT struct addrinfo FAR * FAR * res > > ); > > > > > >(IN, FAR, and OUT are #defined to empty string). > > > >WINSOCK_API_LINKAGE is __declspec(dllimport) > >WSAAPI is __stdcall > > > >So, nothing magic with #defines of the name getaddrinfo. > > > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pgsql-hackers- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lane > >>Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:47 PM > >>To: Andrew Dunstan > >>Cc: PostgreSQL-development > >>Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Windows + IP6 progress > >> > >>Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > >>>. what do we do about the getaddrinfo test? I'm almost inclined not > >>> > >>> > >to > > > > > >>>do it on windows, and assume that if we have ws2_32.dll we have it. > >>> > >>> > >>There's something mighty fishy about that. AC_REPLACE_FUNCS works on > >>Windows for the other cases it's used for (no?), so what's different > >>about getaddrinfo? Perhaps Microsoft has #define'd that name as > >>something else, or some equally ugly crock? It'd be useful to look > >> > >> > >into > > > > > >>their header files and see exactly how and where getaddrinfo is > >>declared. > >> > >> regards, tom lane > >> > >>---------------------------(end of > >> > >> > >broadcast)--------------------------- > > > > > >>TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > >> > >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
