That's not the issue. It complained because it wanted a pointer to the size.
The relevant lines in winbase.h files are: BOOL WINAPI GetUserNameA (LPSTR,PDWORD); #define GetUserName GetUserNameA I am using Mingw. cheers andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Momjian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "PG Patches" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [PATCHES] pg_id.c windows fix > > Can you tell me what Win32 compile environment can't handle a sizeof() > as a function parameter? > > ! GetUserName(pw->pw_name, sizeof(pw->pw_name)-1); > > Does casting to DWORD help? > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > > Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > Here's a patch for pg_id.c that lets it compile cleanly and run on Windows. > > > > cheers > > > > andrew > > > > Index: src/bin/pg_id/pg_id.c > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql-server/src/bin/pg_id/pg_id.c,v > > retrieving revision 1.22.2.1 > > diff -c -w -r1.22.2.1 pg_id.c > > *** src/bin/pg_id/pg_id.c 7 Sep 2003 04:37:04 -0000 1.22.2.1 > > --- src/bin/pg_id/pg_id.c 4 Oct 2003 13:33:30 -0000 > > *************** > > *** 38,43 **** > > --- 38,44 ---- > > char pw_name[128]; > > } pass_win32; > > struct passwd_win32 *pw = &pass_win32; > > + DWORD pwname_size = sizeof(pass_win32.pw_name) - 1; > > > > pw->pw_uid = 1; > > #endif > > *************** > > *** 113,119 **** > > exit(1); > > } > > > > ! GetUserName(pw->pw_name, sizeof(pw->pw_name)-1); > > #endif > > > > if (!limit_user_info) > > --- 114,120 ---- > > exit(1); > > } > > > > ! GetUserName(pw->pw_name, &pwname_size); > > #endif > > > > if (!limit_user_info) > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
