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[PATCH 1/4] MSVC: Fix an "unresolved symbol" linker error on cygwin

From
Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Date
Oct 27, 2009, 19:03 UTC
Message-ID
<4AE74408.7080103@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>

When the NO_MMAP build variable is set, which is the case by default on cygwin, the msvc linker complains:

    error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _getpagesize

The mingw build has a version of the getpagesize() function defined in the libgcc.a library. In addition, this function is replaced, if USE_WIN32_MMAP is defined, by a version more suitable for use with the native mmap.

The msvc libraries do not define any getpagesize() function, so we move the mingw_getpagesize() implementation from the conditionally built win32mmap.c file to mingw.c, which will always be included in the MSVC build.

Signed-off-by: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
---
This alone won't make the MSVC build work on cygwin; I have to
    $ make MSVC=1 NEEDS_LIBICONV=

otherwise the linker complains about the absence of the iconv.lib. (I have downloaded the win32 version of the library, but I haven't got around to installing it! see http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ packages/libiconv.htm)

The real problem, of course, is that the cygwin and MSVC configuration sections are not mutually exclusive. (see patch 3/4)

ATB, Ramsay Jones

 compat/mingw.c     |   12 ++++++++++++
 compat/mingw.h     |    2 +-
 compat/win32mmap.c |   12 ------------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 6b5b5b2..15fe33e 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,18 @@ repeat:
 	return -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Note that this doesn't return the actual pagesize, but
+ * the allocation granularity. If future Windows specific git code
+ * needs the real getpagesize function, we need to find another solution.
+ */
+int mingw_getpagesize(void)
+{
+	SYSTEM_INFO si;
+	GetSystemInfo(&si);
+	return si.dwAllocationGranularity;
+}
+
 struct passwd *getpwuid(int uid)
 {
 	static char user_name[100];
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 5b5258b..26c4027 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int mingw_connect(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *sa, size_t sz);
 int mingw_rename(const char*, const char*);
 #define rename mingw_rename
 
-#ifdef USE_WIN32_MMAP
+#if defined(USE_WIN32_MMAP) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 int mingw_getpagesize(void);
 #define getpagesize mingw_getpagesize
 #endif
diff --git a/compat/win32mmap.c b/compat/win32mmap.c
index 779d796..1c5a149 100644
--- a/compat/win32mmap.c
+++ b/compat/win32mmap.c
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
 
-/*
- * Note that this doesn't return the actual pagesize, but
- * the allocation granularity. If future Windows specific git code
- * needs the real getpagesize function, we need to find another solution.
- */
-int mingw_getpagesize(void)
-{
-	SYSTEM_INFO si;
-	GetSystemInfo(&si);
-	return si.dwAllocationGranularity;
-}
-
 void *git_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, off_t offset)
 {
 	HANDLE hmap;
-- 
1.6.5
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  2. Johannes SixtNov 3, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2009
  4. Ramsay JonesNov 4, 2009
  5. Johannes SixtNov 5, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 5, 2009
  7. Ramsay JonesNov 4, 2009
  8. Johannes SixtNov 5, 2009

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