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Re: Update 'uname' emulation on MS-Windows
From: |
Andy Moreton |
Subject: |
Re: Update 'uname' emulation on MS-Windows |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Jul 2016 22:40:38 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.95 (windows-nt) |
On Sat 16 Jul 2016, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> The processors and OS versions of the emulated 'uname' need an update;
> the patch below does that:
This uses GetVersionEx, which does not tell the truth on versions after
Windows 8 unless the application contains a manifest (see online
documentation for GetVersionEx at MSDN for details).
Does the Mingw toolchain supply a suitable manifest automatically ?
AndyM