Re: libssh and Visual C++ (again)

[Christophe Baribaud <christophe.baribaud@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is my last cumulative patch to address this issue...
The new file "libssh_config.h" is built by cmake, and installed. It is the
/public/ configuration file, unlike config.h which is the /private/
configuration file.

I haven't found a simplier patch to continue using ssize_t under unix/linux
platforms, and provide a good equivalent under WIN32 and WIN64 platforms
Trying to define the ssize_t type under windows has serious drawbacks.
Under WIN32, it is sometimes int and sometimes long (signed 32 bits). Under
WIN64 it should be __int64 (signed 64 bits). If two libraries define
ssize_t by their own, there are great (bad) chances that they disagree...

Regards
Christophe




2012/9/27 Werner Koch <wk@xxxxxxxxx>

> On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:58, christophe.baribaud@xxxxxxxxx said:
>
> > file, but is it a good practice to have an installed header file whose
> > content varies from an architecture to another?
>
> Yes, that is imho fine and much easier to maintain than fragile
> #ifdefs. Some libraries install a generic file and one system specific -
> which is a similar approach.
>
>
> Shalom-Salam,
>
>    Werner
>
> --
> Die Gedanken sind frei.  Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.
>
>
>

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