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1846	win32 compile fails on sysmem.c on mingw gcc 4.5 (w. workaround)	ronaldws		"mingw32-make fails with diagnostic output included below.

As a workaround if I change line 26 of config/gen/platform/win32/sysmem.c from:

#if defined __MINGW32__ && __GNUC__ < 4

to:

#if defined __MINGW32__ /* && __GNUC__ < 4 */

then parrot builds OK and tests out mostly OK.  Rebuild requires mingw32-make realclean and perl Configure.pl followed by mingw32-make.  Some preprocessing of sysmem.c seems to mean that mingw32-make clean is not enough.

Fixing this properly will require someone with a better understanding of mingw gcc access to the MEMORYSTATUSEX structure across various compiler versions.

Diagnostic output:

config/gen/platform/win32/sysmem.c: In function 'Parrot_sysmem_amount':

config/gen/platform/win32/sysmem.c:57:5: error: 'MEMORYSTATUSEX' undeclared (first use in this function)

config/gen/platform/win32/sysmem.c:57:5: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in

config/gen/platform/win32/sysmem.c:57:20: error: expected ';' before 'statex'

config/gen/platform/win32/sysmem.c:59:5: error: 'statex' undeclared (first use in this function)
"	bug	closed	normal	2.10	build	2.10.0	medium	fixed					win32