MySQL Bugs: #8872: Compiler errors with MinGW

Bug #8872	Compiler errors with MinGW
Submitted:	1 Mar 2005 19:10	Modified:	29 Apr 2005 13:56
Reporter:	Nils Durner	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Compiling	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	4.1	OS:	Windows (Windows)
Assigned to:	Michael Widenius	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Including "my_global.h" fails under MinGW (www.mingw.org, GNU utils for Windows) because of some type redefinitions.
These errors can be resolved by putting the definitions in config-win.h in preprocessor conditionals, see my patch.
The following autoconf statements set the preprocessor macros:
---
AC_CHECK_TYPES([sigset_t, off_t], [], [], [#include <sys/types.h>])
AC_CHECK_TYPES([size_t], [], [], [#include <stdio.h>])
---

How to repeat:
1. Get and install MinGW from www.mingw.org
2. Compile a small test programm that includes "mysql.h" and "my_global.h"

Suggested fix:
Apply patch.

Patch

Attachment: mysql01.diff (text/x-patch), 1.14 KiB.

Thank you for the bug report. I just verified the compiler error
using Dev-C and not applied the patch.

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our
source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the
next release.

If necessary, you can access the source repository and build the latest
available version, including the bugfix, yourself. More information 
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Additional info:

Thanks for the patch!
Fix should be in 4.1.12 and 5.0.6

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/internals/24479