Re: [Patch] Some fixes for the MinGW port

[Cesar Strauss]

Kevin Ryde wrote:
> Actually, portability things are being tackled first in the 1.8
> branch, then merged into the head periodically.

I switched to the 1.8 branch. It fixes all the issues I raised, thanks!

However, the configure.ac on this branch required an upgrade of my 
versions of autoconf/automake, which (I think) caused a couple more 
issues. I will investigate this further.

> There's some mingw
> pthread fixes there which haven't made it to the head yet for
> instance, if you'd like to give them a try.

Certainly, sounds interesting.

> > -# define LC_MESSAGES_MASK      (1 << LC_MESSAGES)
> > +# ifdef LC_MESSAGES /* undefined on mingw */
> > +#   define LC_MESSAGES_MASK    (1 << LC_MESSAGES)
> > +# else
> > +#   define LC_MESSAGES_MASK    0
> > +# endif
>
> I'll leave that for Ludovic to contemplate, I think he said he'll
> change it to use just the base LC bits, not an extra set of mask
> values.

It is alright, the 1.8 branch doesn't have this issue (yet).

Thanks,
Cesar