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 cc1

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, t

Re: MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-09 Thread Ross Ridge
Mark Mitchell writes: >(Again, I'm not trying to be critical: I like MinGW, and it's not my >place to say what it ought to be. I'm just giving feedback as a user.) Well, it's no more my place to say what it ought to be. I'm basically just describing what MinGW is, a Win32 compiler like Borland C

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

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, nothi

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 Window

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

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

MinGW, GCC Vista,

2007-05-07 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. R