Re: MinGW issues with gnat

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On Sun, 29 May 2011 23:58:07 +0200, Ludovic Brenta wrote:

> Yannick Duch�ne writes on comp.lang.ada:
>> Marco <prenom_nomus@yahoo.com> a �crit:
>>> I downloaded MinGW yesterday. The gcc compiler/linker works fine for
>>> C code but when I tried to run gnat (or any of the gnat utilities) I
>>> got  this:
>>>
>>> procedure entry point GetProcessID could not be located in KERNAL32.dll
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Running on an old Window 2000 box.
>>
>> All GNAT versions later than GNAT 3.15p, were compatible with Windows
>> NT (or like) kernels. Prior to Windows XP, Windows NT and other
>> Windows version were different things. I guess that may be source of
>> the failure.
> 
> Even though it's been a long time since I had any interest in Windows, I
> do remember that Windows 2000 is a version of Windows NT (specifically,
> it is Windows NT 5.0; XP is 6.0; Vista is 6.1 and 7 is 7).
> 
> The problem is simply that GetProcessID was introduced only in Windows
> XP with SP1 and Windows Server 2003 [1].
> 
> [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683215%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
> 
> Three solutions then:
> - upgrade to XP SP1 or later
> - downgrade the compiler
> - upgrade to GNU/Linux or a BSD :)

+ Remove references to GetProcessID. In many cases it can be removed or
worked around by this or other way. An overview can be found here:

http://www.ms-news.net/f2725/getprocessid-and-how-to-do-this-for-windows-98-2000-and-xp-4079045.html

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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