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authorYang Tse <yangsita@gmail.com>2009-02-20 11:30:11 +0000
committerYang Tse <yangsita@gmail.com>2009-02-20 11:30:11 +0000
commit51b46f451fd9bd01f794fa29b59baa73bc94ab49 (patch)
tree20ae1eeb10b5bdc74ec101928b85f585cc7adcf3 /src
parent11f3690201e048829c100a864ac2ac01a4545ea4 (diff)
Do not halt compilation when using VS2008 to build a Windows 2000 target
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/config-win32.h28
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/config-win32.h b/src/config-win32.h
index 52827e42c..eb0185856 100644
--- a/src/config-win32.h
+++ b/src/config-win32.h
@@ -263,17 +263,33 @@
# endif
#endif
-/* VS2008 does not support Windows build targets prior to WinXP, so, if no
- build target has been defined we will target WinXP. */
+/* Officially, Microsoft's Windows SDK versions 6.X do not support Windows
+ 2000 as a supported build target. VS2008 default installations provide an
+ embedded Windows SDK v6.0A along with the claim that Windows 2000 is a
+ valid build target for VS2008. Popular belief is that binaries built using
+ Windows SDK versions 6.X and Windows 2000 as a build target are functional */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1500)
+# define VS2008_MINIMUM_TARGET 0x0500
+#endif
+
+/* When no build target is specified VS2008 default build target is Windows
+ Vista, which leaves out even Winsows XP. If no build target has been given
+ for VS2008 we will target the minimum Officially supported build target,
+ which happens to be Windows XP. */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1500)
+# define VS2008_DEFAULT_TARGET 0x0501
+#endif
+
+/* VS2008 default target settings and minimum build target check */
#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1500)
# ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
-# define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501
+# define _WIN32_WINNT VS2008_DEFAULT_TARGET
# endif
# ifndef WINVER
-# define WINVER 0x0501
+# define WINVER VS2008_DEFAULT_TARGET
# endif
-# if (_WIN32_WINNT < 0x0501) || (WINVER < 0x0501)
-# error VS2008 does not support Windows build targets prior to WinXP
+# if (_WIN32_WINNT < VS2008_MINIMUM_TARGET) || (WINVER < VS2008_MINIMUM_TARGET)
+# error VS2008 does not support Windows build targets prior to Windows 2000
# endif
#endif