Re: problem in MS-VC6 environment.

Patch applied to CVS HEAD and 8.1.X. Thanks.

I used WIN32_CLIENT_ONLY rather than _MSC_VER because that covers both
MSC and Borland C. Updated patch attached.

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Hiroshi Saito wrote:
> Hi Dave-san and Bruce-san.
>
> I have the problem, when building by MS-VC6.
> An error occurs in the 8.1.0 present source codes.
>
> nmake -f win32.mak
> ..\..\port\getaddrinfo.c(244) : error C2065: 'WSA_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY'
> ..\..\port\getaddrinfo.c(342) : error C2065: 'WSATYPE_NOT_FOUND'
>
> This is used by winsock2.h. However, Construction of a windows base is winsock.h.
> Then, Since MinGW has special environment, this is right. but, it is not found in VC6.
> Furthermore, in getaddrinfo.c, IPV6-API is used by LoadLibraryA("ws2_32");
> Referring to of dll the external memory generates this violation by VC6 specification.
>
> I considered whether the whole should have been converted into winsock2.
> However, Now, DLL of MinGW creation operates wonderfully as it is.
> That's right, it has pliability by replacement of simple DLL.
> Then, I propose the system using winsock(non IPV6) in construction of VC6.
>
> By this patch, the construction by VC6 finished obediently.
>
> I may have some misapprehensions.Therefore, your suggestion is desired.
> Thank you in advance for your understanding.
>
> Regards,
> Hiroshi Saito
>

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