From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <corinna@sourceware.org>
Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 2155)
	id 70BB13858D33; Sat, 23 Mar 2024 21:04:51 +0000 (GMT)
DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 70BB13858D33
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com;
	s=default; t=1711227891;
	bh=mIUT6HAOpDvApla3hUJChRTqUtlFIscExzEIEdPN+oM=;
	h=Date:From:To:Subject:Reply-To:References:In-Reply-To:From;
	b=LS9KocyVJRA4qEZ9yEYAFJ98F7a5Y2oZMQuQIHkDK6+rfa8Ly/fkmcxgcC+GQ/NVy
	 rWk1SmmROS5r/9LWzu7sxMNgz6azX04imf7G/h16dIgVTwxoC1AzsL447RBFVwkp0X
	 ZPGLzYEhWvEVWtRaBfiagMMEJoOPWeMsoZVuU75g=
Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500)
	id AB726A80D19; Sat, 23 Mar 2024 22:04:49 +0100 (CET)
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 22:04:49 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: GetVersionEx() depreciated, what should be used instead for
 Windows 7/8/10?
Message-ID: <Zf9D8b8lqoSYDLtH@calimero.vinschen.de>
Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
References: <b47b7092-716a-c626-a14d-e5847bc86926@t-online.de>
 <CANV9t=S2BJ2d-_zNm3ZgVeerQ+ZEONQ4fjN1MXc6JVp+Gvrxsg@mail.gmail.com>
 <CALwydEs5ZTYqSxfZOp_hWobWQxFEeLGio8WoUCwTAM2eaph_sA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CANV9t=QHLHyv_jvvrCREpyrEX=JqmTdQvnmfUXbSKuvMrhHn9A@mail.gmail.com>
 <Zfm7ZqZBdMBaoEOM@calimero.vinschen.de>
 <0d8daf74-2861-8b08-b47c-28cf5d3b991f@t-online.de>
 <ZfszwBeYDxxApO9v@calimero.vinschen.de>
 <538aa134-b079-12ec-76fe-5a60fc77c3ee@t-online.de>
 <ZfxPIbU5K_VgX5hZ@calimero.vinschen.de>
 <38b3f5df-ea63-8eb4-f0f9-4057c0eeae90@t-online.de>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <38b3f5df-ea63-8eb4-f0f9-4057c0eeae90@t-online.de>
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>

On Mar 23 10:57, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> On Mar 21 16:15, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> > On Mar 21 09:58, Christian Franke via Cygwin wrote:
> > > > > ..
> > I just gave it a try on W11. The results are even more funny than I
> > anticipated:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > So, yeah, with your observations especially on older W10 versions and
> > with 8.1 doing the same thing, I guess we can safely drop the extra call
> > to RtlGetNtVersionNumbers now.
> 
> Or:
> Keep RtlGetVersionNumbers, compare result with RtlGetVersion and emit debug
> output if both differ. This would allow to diagnose a possible future
> reappearance of the issue.

Good idea! Do you want to create a patch?


Thanks,
Corinna