On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 12:38:05PM +0200, Steve Lhomme wrote:
> Le 30/03/2018 à 10:46, Diego Biurrun a écrit :
> > On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 09:36:05AM +0200, Steve Lhomme wrote:
> > > --- a/configure
> > > +++ b/configure
> > > @@ -4581,6 +4582,7 @@ check_lib ole32    "windows.h"            
> > > CoTaskMemFree        -lole32
> > >   check_lib shell32  "windows.h shellapi.h" CommandLineToArgvW   -lshell32
> > >   check_lib wincrypt "windows.h wincrypt.h" CryptGenRandom       
> > > -ladvapi32
> > >   check_lib psapi    "windows.h psapi.h"    GetProcessMemoryInfo -lpsapi
> > > +check_cpp_condition Vista+ windows.h "_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0600" && 
> > > check_lib bcrypt "windows.h bcrypt.h" BCryptGenRandom  -lbcrypt
> > Do you really need to check the Vista condition? What about using bcrypt
> > unconditionally if available?
> 
> Yes, you need to use it only on builds that won't run on XP. Otherwise it
> will fail to load the bcrypt.dll and the whole libavutil DLL (or whatever
> its form) will fail to load. It would be possible to do it dynamically but
> IMO it's overkill. It's not really a critical component.

Is bcrypt available on XP? If no then the CPP condition check would seem
unnecessary. You could just check for bcrypt and bcrypt being available
would imply Vista. I think I'm missing something.

> But with time if XP support is dropped this check can go and wincrypt
> dropped entirely.

Is it maybe time to consider dropping XP support?

> > The variable name with an uppercase letter
> > and a '+' is slightly odd. I'm not sure if it can cause problems but I
> > cannot rule it out offhand either.
> 
> It seems the same is only used in config.log. And the + didn't cause any
> problem for me.

I remain sceptical; "it worked for me" is usually not a good argument when
considering edge cases ;)

Diego
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