[Xcb] libxcb on interix (and/or platforms without getaddrinfo())
Peter Harris
git at peter.is-a-geek.org
Tue Jun 7 08:12:53 PDT 2011
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 16:02:52 +0200, Markus Duft wrote:
>
>> I (again) did some porting to interix, this quite exotic POSIX layer on top of the Windows NT kernel. Attached is a small patch i need to get libxcb to build/work. Could you please review it, and comment on it (and possibly just apply it? :) ).
>>
> Sounds to me like your OS should be fixed.
Interix 6.0 adds IPv6 support. I suspect Markus is still using Windows XP.
Marcus, can you try on Interix/Vista or Interix/7?
Regardless, I suggest we accept the patch. IPv4-only isn't very useful
on a general purpose computer any more, but who knows what embedded
systems may have no need for internet connectivity.
Peter Harris
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