Re: MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-11 Thread Yakumo
Although the file io.h from MinGW/include has a patch, I still have not be able to use effectively the new build of gcc. I build it from a latop with a semprom and execute it in a desktop pc with a core 2 duo. The result is the same every time, there is a problem installation and it tells that

RE: MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-09 Thread Eric Weddington
-Original Message- From: Brian Dessent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:21 PM To: Mark Mitchell Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MinGW, GCC Vista, Mark Mitchell wrote: In my opinion, this is a GCC bug: there's no such thing as X_OK

MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-08 Thread craig
Hi, Do you guys know if the problem with the access() standard library function has been worked around? Windows vista has an updated MSVCRT.DLL which returns false for access() using X_OK, this parameter was previously ignored, and returned true. MinGW / GCC does not work on Vista as a result.

Re: MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-08 Thread Brian Dessent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you guys know if the problem with the access() standard library function has been worked around? Windows vista has an updated MSVCRT.DLL which returns false for access() using X_OK, this parameter was previously ignored, and returned true. MinGW / GCC does not

Re: MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-08 Thread Mark Mitchell
Brian Dessent wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you guys know if the problem with the access() standard library function has been worked around? Windows vista has an updated MSVCRT.DLL which returns false for access() using X_OK, this parameter was previously ignored, and returned

Re: MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-08 Thread Ross Ridge
Mark Mitchell writes: In my opinion, this is a GCC bug: there's no such thing as X_OK on Windows (it's not in the Microsoft headers, or documented by Microsoft as part of the API), and so GCC shouldn't be using it. Strictly speaking, access() (or _access()) isn't a documented part of any Windows

Re: MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-08 Thread Brian Dessent
Mark Mitchell wrote: I'm disappointed to hear that MinGW made this change. As a MinGW user, I don't want MinGW to interpose anything between me and the MSVCRT libraries. I want MinGW to give me headers and import libraries for the Microsoft DLLs, with all their warts; nothing more, nothing

Re: MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-08 Thread Mark Mitchell
Ross Ridge wrote: Mark Mitchell writes: In my opinion, this is a GCC bug: there's no such thing as X_OK on Windows (it's not in the Microsoft headers, or documented by Microsoft as part of the API), and so GCC shouldn't be using it. Strictly speaking, access() (or _access()) isn't a