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Re: [egorovv@mailandnews.com: inet_network]
Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 08:43:39AM +0400, Vadim Egorov wrote:
> >Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> writes:
> >
> >> On Thu, Apr 20, 2000 at 08:33:35AM +0400, Vadim Egorov wrote:
> >> >Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> writes:
> >>>>On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 11:47:12PM +0300, Vadim Egorov wrote:
> >>>>>One more way is to borow it -- glibc contains quite compact and
> >>>>>independent one -- though I'm not quite sure about cygwin policy in
> >>>>>this respect.
> >>>>
> >>>>We can't borrow from glibc due to license considerations,
> >>>>unfortunately. BSD, on the other hand...
> >>>>
> >>>As I found both FreeBSD and glibc contain the same code of inet_network
> >>>(with slightest diffs).
> >>
> >>There should be no problem using BSD code. We use it in other places
> >>in Cygwin.
> >>
> >Then I'll try it. Is it a better solution then using undocumented
> >wsock32.dll feature?
>
> If the undocumented feature is in W95, W98, NT4, and NT2000, then, no. I
> don't think it is a better solution, unless it is a miniscule amount of code.
>
> cgf
>
I have checked them all and all versions of wsock32.dll contain inet_network.
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Regards,
Vadim Egorov