Re: [Bug-gnulib] ssize_t and mingw32

[Jim Meyering]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
> mingw32 has no ssize_t nowhere, not in <sys/types.h> and not in <unistd.h>,
> therefore some modules which use it must define ssize_t to 'int' on this
> platform. It was reported to me due to a compilation error in libiconv.
>
> Any objections against this patch, Jim?
>
> Bruno
>
>
> *** m4/ChangeLog      11 Jun 2003 10:42:09 -0000      1.456
> --- m4/ChangeLog      23 Jun 2003 10:45:59 -0000
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> *** 1,3 ****
> --- 1,10 ----
> + 2003-06-22  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>
> +
> +     Portability to mingw32.
> +     * ssize_t.m4: New file, from GNU gettext.
> +     * safe-read.m4 (gl_PREREQ_SAFE_READ): Require gt_TYPE_SSIZE_T.
> +     * xreadlink.m4 (gl_XREADLINK): Require gt_TYPE_SSIZE_T.

That looks fine.
Thanks!