> On May 30, 2020 5:47 PM Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote: > > > Steve Lhomme wrote: > > > > You can see one of the last commit is adding > > > > GetFileInformationByHandle() for example. But that means anyone > > > > building with an older version of winstorecompat cannot rely on this > > > > helper. > > > > > > That's not a good enough reason for adding this code to gnulib. > > > > I agree. But there should be a way to compile gnulib without calling the > > forbidden/old/deprecated API's. That's currently not possible. For example > > in stat-w32.c the "_GL_WINDOWS_STAT_INODES == 2" mode is not enabled yet. > > And even then it would still do a call GetFileInformationByHandle() which > > will not link in the end. (in mingw-w64 it will because they don't builds > > libs for UWP/not-UWP) > > It should link fine if you use the 'winstorecompat' library that you > mentioned. > If it doesn't, it's a problem with that library, not with Gnulib.
It wouldn't until a few days ago before I patched it. Anyone using mingw 7.0 (ie all current Linux distros) will not be able to use it until there's a release. And this library exists for legacy code that cannot be changed. I don't think gnulib falls in this category. And ultimately that library should not be used at all.
