Re: Re: WIN32 errno patch

Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Mikhail Terekhov <terekhov(at)emc(dot)com> writes:
> > One can't just #undef errno on windows because it is defined as
> > follows:
>
> I was wondering if Windows might play any games with errno. However,
> we've had at least one instance of "errno = 0;" in the libpq sources
> since 7.0 or before, and no one has complained that it doesn't build
> on Windows ... if errno is defined as a function call, that should
> yield a compile error, no?
>

It complains but only if you build a dll or multithreaded app.

> Also, the patch is already in place, and I have a report that it works.
>

It works only when compiling static apps I think.

Regards,
Mikhail Terekhov