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Bug 610502 - [win32] problems on win-2k, missing reference to freeaddrinfo
[win32] problems on win-2k, missing reference to freeaddrinfo
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 626765
Product: Gnumeric
Classification: Applications
Component: Installation
1.9.x
Other Windows
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Jody Goldberg
Jody Goldberg
Depends on: 611696
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-02-19 22:38 UTC by Tom Asbury
Modified: 2010-08-12 19:21 UTC
See Also:
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Description Tom Asbury 2010-02-19 22:38:40 UTC 
Appears that gnumeric-1.9.16-20091130.exe was built for XP and above only.  When I install and try to run it I get told that ws2_32.dll does not have the entry point freeaddrinfo.  I use it on NT-2000 (1.9.4 runs fine).

Thank you
Comment 1 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-02-20 06:30:26 UTC 
Since the source code is available you can compile GNumeric yourself. 

We do not provide binaries for any other operating systems.
Comment 2 ThinkF2010 2010-02-20 18:42:20 UTC 
gnumeric-1.9.16-20091130.exe
W2KSP4
Install path N:\Program Files\Gnumeric
Starting Gnumeric returns:
gnumeric.exe - Entry point not found
The procedure entry point freeaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic link library WS2_32.DLL.

I can confirm this problem under the same circumstances on my PC. Tom is not the only person still running W2K.
From what I read in BUG 601840, the solution has been found and would be quite simple [include the Ws2tcpip.h and Wspiapi.h files] for a developer who already has the build setup to compile. Correct me if I'm mistaken.
Comment 3 Tom Asbury 2010-02-20 20:51:12 UTC 
M. Gueslow has a point, it's really not gnome's problem.  The windows binaries are hosted at http://www.gnome.org/~jody/gnumeric/win32/.  If one goes up a level or two, one finds a mailto:jody@gnome.com link.  Gnome.com is, by the look, not a free software desktop project, and if Jody was ever moonlighting there he's not anymore.  

However, the thread is assigned to jody@gnome.org, who has not commented. I suspect it was an oversight.  If memory serves, previous downloads from ~jody/gnumeric/win32 (not, alas, ~jody/win32/gnumeric as I said above) have worked on nt2k just fine.
Comment 4 Jody Goldberg 2010-03-03 12:51:16 UTC 
The only reference I can see to freeaddrinfo is via gio.  Unfortunately I do not see a copy of Wspiapi.h in any of the mingw package on debian.

Tom : the gnome.com was a typo and has been fixed. thanks.
Comment 5 Morten Welinder 2010-03-03 14:23:36 UTC 
Re freeaddrinfo, see bug 603527.
Comment 6 Jody Goldberg 2010-03-04 13:18:50 UTC 
until we can build with the wspiapi.h this problem will persist, and for now the only place to find it is in a fork of ming not packaged by debian..
Comment 7 Andreas J. Guelzow 2010-08-12 19:21:53 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 626765 ***