# Re: [PATCH] Enable Visual Studio 2008 Build Git

1 messages from 2009-08-16 to 2009-08-16. Participants: Dmitry Potapov.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/20615

## Dmitry Potapov, 2009-08-16 10:49

Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enable Visual Studio 2008 Build Git
Message-ID: <20090816104913.GA29884@dpotapov.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20090816104913.GA29884%40dpotapov.dyndns.org

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Hi,

In addition to what Johannes wrote above, I have a few more remarks:

On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 11:53:38PM +0800, Frank Li wrote:
> diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
[...]
> @@ -1011,7 +1021,9 @@ static sig_handler_t timer_fn = SIG_DFL;
>   * But ticktack() interrupts the wait state after the timer's interval
>   * length to call the signal handler.
>   */
> -
> +#if defined(_MSC_VER)
> +#define __stdcall
> +#endif

It is a very dirty hack to change __stdcall in this way, and more
importantly, it is not clear why you did this.

>  static __stdcall unsigned ticktack(void *dummy)

Accordingly to MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kdzttdcb(VS.80).aspx
The routine given to _beginthreadex as the start address should be
either __stdcall or  __clrcall.

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/compat/vcbuild/libgit/libgit.vcproj
[...]
> +		<Filter
> +			Name="compat"
> +			>
> +			<File
> +				RelativePath="..\..\..\compat\basename.c"
> +				>
> +			</File>
> +			<File
> +				RelativePath="..\..\..\compat\cygwin.h"
> +				>
> +			</File>

I am not sure what cygwin.h is doing here.

> diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
> index 9f941e4..3b683e6 100644
> --- a/git-compat-util.h
> +++ b/git-compat-util.h
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
>  #include <assert.h>
>  #include <regex.h>
>  #include <utime.h>
> -#ifndef __MINGW32__
> +#if !defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(_MSC_VER)

IMHO, it should be:

#ifndef _WIN32

because it has nothing to do with a particular compiler but with the
target platform. (Note: Cygwin GCC does not have _WIN32 defined, but
MinGW GCC does, so it should not break anything.)


Dmitry

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