[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Enable proper IPv6 functions on windows

[Måns Rullgård]

pross at xvid.org writes:

> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 02:26:17PM +0200, Martin Storsj? wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Ramiro Polla wrote:
>> 
>> > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Martin Storsj? <martin at martin.st> wrote:
>> > > The attached patches enable usage of the proper IPv6 enabled
>> > > getaddrinfo/getnameinfo on windows, by disabling backwards compatibility
>> > > with anything prior to Windows XP. This was OK'd by Ronald earlier.
>> > >
>> > > Ramiro, is this ok with you, too?
>> > 
>> > I think we should leave a configure option for win9x. Attached patch
>> > also gives a one year deadline in the documentation for anyone with
>> > such a need to speak up, otherwise we'll just remove win9x support
>> > like many more programs are doing (latest one I saw was cygwin...).
>> 
>> This looks like a good idea.
>> 
>> A small note, though: You may want to clarify that you need to use 
>> --target-os=win9x for win2000, too, since I'd imagine the demand for that 
>> is greater than for 9x.
>
> suggestion: 'mingw32-win9x'.
> (mingw32 is not the only compiler that outputs windows binaries)

mingw32 isn't a compiler at all, nor does that value indicate a
compiler.

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