Re: gtk+ with latest mingw and gcc 4.8

[Aleksander Morgado <aleksander gnu org>]

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> compiling gtk+-3.6.4 with latest mingw and gcc 4.8 leads to lots of
> errors like this one:
>
>
> /usr/local/mingw64-2.8/32/lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.8.0/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/lib/../lib/libuuid.a(lib32_libuuid_a-uuid.o):uuid.c:(.rdata+0x5f0):
> multiple definition of `FOLDERID_CommonPrograms'
> win32/.libs/libgdk-win32.a(gdkdnd-win32.o):gdkdnd-win32.c:
>
> The root cause is that in gdk/win32/gdkdnd-win32.c #define INITGUID  is
> defined.
> which leads in
> i686-w64-mingw32/include/knownfolders.h
> that these known Folders are deifined again. But the are alread defined
> in libuuid.
>
> From my point of view the error is in gtk+ you should not define INITGUID.
>
> how can this be fixed properly?
>
> I just deleted the define for me.
>
> This define is still defined in HEAD revision, too.

For reference, that is what Fedora is already doing in its mingw-gtk
packaging:

http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/mingw-gtk2.git/tree/gtk-dont-define-initguid.patch

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Aleksander
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