Gerbv-2.6.1

[Robert Baer]

Does not work.
"Procedure entry point freeaddrinfo not found in WS2_32.dll"

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

Den tirsdag den 19. november 2013 00.30.36 UTC+1 skrev Robert Baer:

Does not work.

"Procedure entry point freeaddrinfo not found in WS2_32.dll"

usually means the dll is an old version from before that function was added,
you wouldn't happen to be running some ancient OS that hasn't been or can't
be kept updated ?

-Lasse

 

[Robert Baer]

Den tirsdag den 19. november 2013 00.30.36 UTC+1 skrev Robert Baer:

usually means the dll is an old version from before that function was added,
you wouldn't happen to be running some ancient OS that hasn't been or can't
be kept updated ?

-Lasse

I use Win2K, with the latest roll-up (made it SP5); this Baer growls
that is as far as it goes in updates.
Gerbv-2.4.1 has same exact problem.
So, is that dll available for Win2K, or is there a version of Gerbv
that will run in Win2k?
Thanks.

 

[[email protected]]

Does not work.

"Procedure entry point freeaddrinfo not found in WS2_32.dll"

To execute an application using this function on earlier versions of Windows (Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows Me/98/95), then it is mandatary to#include Ws2tcpip.h and also Wspiapi.h. When the Wspiapi.h header file is included, the 'getaddrinfo' function is #defined to the 'WspiapiGetAddrInfo' inline function in Wspiapi.h. At runtime, the 'WspiapiGetAddrInfo' function is implemented in such a way that if the Ws2_32.dll or the Wship6.dll (the file containing getaddrinfo in the IPv6 Technology Preview for Windows 2000) does not include 'getaddrinfo', then a version of 'getaddrinfo' is implemented inline based on code in the Wspiapi.h header file. This inline code will be used on older Windows platforms that do not natively support the 'getaddrinfo' function.

Microsoft KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955045
Found via Google as "I Feel Lucky" in 0.01 seconds.

 

[Robert Baer]

To execute an application using this function on earlier versions of Windows (Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows Me/98/95), then it is mandatary to #include Ws2tcpip.h and also Wspiapi.h. When the Wspiapi.h header file is included, the 'getaddrinfo' function is #defined to the 'WspiapiGetAddrInfo' inline function in Wspiapi.h. At runtime, the 'WspiapiGetAddrInfo' function is implemented in such a way that if the Ws2_32.dll or the Wship6.dll (the file containing getaddrinfo in the IPv6 Technology Preview for Windows 2000) does not include 'getaddrinfo', then a version of 'getaddrinfo' is implemented inline based on code in the Wspiapi.h header file. This inline code will be used on older Windows platforms that do not natively support the 'getaddrinfo' function.

Microsoft KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/955045
Found via Google as "I Feel Lucky" in 0.01 seconds.

I do not speak "C" and we do not get along with each other, so cannot
do a "build" as you seem to imply.
I poked around and 2.2 works.
Thanks.

 

[Robert Baer]

I do not speak "C" and we do not get along with each other, so cannot do
a "build" as you seem to imply.
I poked around and 2.2 works.
Thanks.

OOPS!
The program opens, and wants non-existent projects; not useful that way.
Drag a Gerber file to the gerbv srtcut and bam! damn enry point in
dll missing.
So ver 2.2 does not work.
No un-install, so i guess i will have to brute force rip it out,
along with ghosts of 2.4 and 2.6 as well.

 

[Jasen Betts]

I use Win2K, with the latest roll-up (made it SP5); this Baer growls
that is as far as it goes in updates.
Gerbv-2.4.1 has same exact problem.
So, is that dll available for Win2K, or is there a version of Gerbv
that will run in Win2k?
Thanks.

possibly if you compile it yourself. OTOH I don't recall it having any
network functionality, I wonder what it needs ws2_32 for.

 

[Uwe Hercksen]

You should consider upgrading to a modern OS, like Windows XP.

Hello,

it is some years ago when XP was modern....

Bye

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Has not support for that just ended?

April 8, 2014 for both XP SP3 and Office 2003. I don't expect it will
suddenly stop working on April 9.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Robert Baer]

You should consider upgrading to a modern OS, like Windows XP.

I cannot use all of the functions of my computer with XP or "better"
because there are no drivers for the video capture card, or the sound
card, or the Ethernet card, or USB functions for my flatbed scanner or...
I am not about to throw away hundreds of dollars of perfectly good
hardware JUST for one or two stupid programs.

 

[Robert Baer]

possibly if you compile it yourself. OTOH I don't recall it having any
network functionality, I wonder what it needs ws2_32 for.

Ask Microsoft; they create crazieness with their ugly OSes.

 

[Robert Baer]

Has not support for that just ended?

See my other response WRT XP.
BTW, isn't "support" for XP going to die sometime next year?

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

Den tirsdag den 19. november 2013 12.04.46 UTC+1 skrev Spehro Pefhany:

April 8, 2014 for both XP SP3 and Office 2003. I don't expect it will
suddenly stop working on April 9.

it won't stop working but newly found security hole will not be closed,
so yeh, it will probably be april 10 before they all become part of a botnet

only hope is that it becomes rare enough that no one bother to find any holes

-Lasse

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

it won't stop working but newly found security hole will not be closed,
so yeh, it will probably be april 10 before they all become part of a botnet

only hope is that it becomes rare enough that no one bother to find any holes

-Lasse

I hope that few of us depend for our security on Microsoft OS
updates..

--sp

 

[[email protected]]

April 8, 2014 for both XP SP3 and Office 2003. I don't expect it will
suddenly stop working on April 9.

No, AAMOF, M$ has announced that it will release a key that will allow
it to function forever without calling home to Redmond. I wouldn't be
surprised to see support extended further, either.

 

[josephkk]

I cannot use all of the functions of my computer with XP or "better"
because there are no drivers for the video capture card, or the sound
card, or the Ethernet card, or USB functions for my flatbed scanner or...
I am not about to throw away hundreds of dollars of perfectly good
hardware JUST for one or two stupid programs.

Actually yes you are. Maybe not today but eventually when nobody can find
or create a machine that will run the antiques. And by the way, they have
depreciated below zero value already. You will have to pay someone to
haul them away for you, especially since they are already effectively
useless. Get used to donating your old stuff while it still has value.
And if you need real longevity look as buying SCADA oriented hardware; 19
times the price of ordinary stuff; your choice.

?-/

 

[miso]

Den tirsdag den 19. november 2013 12.04.46 UTC+1 skrev Spehro Pefhany:

it won't stop working but newly found security hole will not be closed,
so yeh, it will probably be april 10 before they all become part of a botnet

only hope is that it becomes rare enough that no one bother to find any holes

-Lasse

Rare? It is bootlegged everywhere in the 3rd world. It doesn't have all
that phone home spy stuff you find in win7 on up.

Win7 has an XP VM. You have to download it. It is not to be confused
with the XP compatibility mode.

I really don't see a need to be running XP once it is no longer
supported. That said, if you take the PC off the internet, you can keep
it around for whatever task needs XP. I do realize people have software
or devices that are legacy.

 

[Robert Baer]

Actually yes you are. Maybe not today but eventually when nobody can find
or create a machine that will run the antiques. And by the way, they have
depreciated below zero value already. You will have to pay someone to
haul them away for you, especially since they are already effectively
useless. Get used to donating your old stuff while it still has value.
And if you need real longevity look as buying SCADA oriented hardware; 19
times the price of ordinary stuff; your choice.

?-/

SCADA??? With all of the bugs and malware running around??? Are you
crazy? Telling me to jump from the frying pan into the fire?

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

Den torsdag den 21. november 2013 09.13.21 UTC+1 skrev Robert Baer:

SCADA??? With all of the bugs and malware running around??? Are you

crazy? Telling me to jump from the frying pan into the fire?

just because the SCADA software might be screwed up (or atleast not robust when exposed to determined hackers) it doesn't mean that the hardware isn't build to last and be availablel forever

-Lasse

 

[josephkk]

SCADA??? With all of the bugs and malware running around??? Are you
crazy? Telling me to jump from the frying pan into the fire?

Your response does not make sense. Hardware build for SCADA has 20 to 40
year lifetimes, no ordinary computer does nearly as well. Likewise
computers built for SCADA connection have 10 to 20 year lifetimes. You
can still get ISA computers for that purpose, but they cost a lot more
than current lowest price stuff popular today. Your choice.

?-)