Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] cygwin: Remove the CYGWIN_V15_WIN32API build variable

[Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>]

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Commit 380a4d92 ("Update cygwin.c for new mingw-64 win32 api headers",
> 11-11-2012) solved an header include order problem on cygwin 1.7 when
> using the new mingw-64 WIN32 API headers. The solution involved using
> a new build variable (V15_MINGW_HEADERS) to conditionally compile the
> cygwin.c source file to use an include order appropriate for the old
> and new header files. (The build variable was later renamed in commit
> 9fca6cff to CYGWIN_V15_WIN32API).
>
> The include order used for cygwin 1.7 includes the "win32.h" header
> before "../git-compat-util.h". This order was problematic on cygwin
> 1.5, since it lead to the WIN32 symbol being defined along with the

s/lead/led/

> inclusion of some WIN32 API headers (e.g. <winsock2.h>) which cause
> compilation errors.
>
> The header include order problem on cygwin 1.5 has since been fixed
> (see commit "mingw: rename WIN32 cpp macro to GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE"),
> so we can now remove the conditional compilation along with the
> associated CYGWIN_V15_WIN32API build variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>