Porting Windows program datatype problem

[Aryeh M. Friedman]

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Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
> * Rob Belics (rob_belics at charter.net) wrote:
>> There is a Windows open source program I would like to port to
>> FreeBSD.  It seems to compile OK, using gcc, but chokes on
>> MS/Windows only type data types like 'ulong'.  What would be the
>> easiest way to fix/convert these, or must it be done manually?
>
> You can add compatibility header with
>
> typedef unsigned long ulong;
>
> That is easy and fast, and also least painful when you need to
> update you port to new version of original sourcecode.
>
It is also the most likely to blow up in your face better to have a
sed script.

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Aryeh M. Friedman
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