Re: [AD] Allegro 5.2.1.1 + latest MinGW = off_t undefined

[SiegeLord <siegelordex@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like the proper solution is to define _POSIX_C_SOURCE then, 
perhaps guarded by a check for ALLEGRO_GCC.

-SL

On 10/08/2016 06:31 PM, Edgar Reynaldo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I started a thread about this on a.cc :
>
> https://www.allegro.cc/forums/thread/616526
>
> Basically, when you compile an allegro program with the latest MinGW
> runtime
> (3.21.1 or 3.22.2) and use -std=c++11, you get errors saying off_t is
> undefined.
>
> mingw/include/sys/types.h defines off_t, but only in certain cases,
> such as when _POSIX_C_SOURCE is defined before including it
> (in mingwrt 3.22.2) or when _NO_OLDNAMES is undefined (in mingwrt 3.21.1).
>
> So allegro programs compiled with -std=c++11 fail to compile.
>
> What should we do?
>
> Edgar
>
>
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