Redefinition of `struct in6_addr'?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Apr 24 19:53, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen, le Wed 24 Apr 2013 19:51:07 +0200, a écrit :
> > > > /usr/include/cygwin/in6.h:75:8: error: redefinition of ‘struct in6_addr’
> > > > /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.5.3/../../../../include/w32api/in6addr.h:17:16:
> > > > note: originally defined here
> > 
> > Don't know this file but this is a bug in config.h.  struct in6_addr
> > is defined in a system header, so it should not be gratuitously defined 
> > in a project header, especially if the definition collides with the
> > right one from the system header.
> 
> Mmm, but here it's w32api definition vs cygwin definition.

Maybe I didn't read it exactly, but the bottom line here is, when
building for Cygwin, either use the POSIX network headers (preferredly),
or use winsock.h.  Mixing them is not supported.


Corinna

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