Re: 8.2.3: Server crashes on Windows using Eclipse/Junit

Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> Attached is an updated version of the patch, currently being tested by
>> both me and Dave. If it passes our tests, I'll apply this so it gets
>> included for broader testing in beta2.
> 
> One question: what's this about?
>   
>> + #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500
> 
> This looks like it might be tightening our assumptions about which
> Windows flavors we can run on.  I'm not necessarily against that,
> but it should be publicly discussed if it's happening.

It enables Windows 2000-specific headers. We already require Windows
2000 to run, so it doesn't restrict us anymore than we already are. It
just exposes those parts of the header files.

//Magnus