2011.04.12 02:06 "[Tiff] Libtiff v4.0.0beta7 released", by Bob Friesenhahn

2011.04.12 13:30 "Re: [Tiff] Libtiff v4.0.0beta7 released", by Bob Friesenhahn

On 4/11/2011 10:06 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

WIN32 native I/O is used always used under Windows (except for Cygwin) in order to support huge files and Windows-friendly features.

I just did a default MSVC 2005 build under Win64 and it was building tif_unix.c, is that intended?

Probably not. The change actually applies to the Unixish configure script. I noticed the change when using MinGW32/GCC. I noticed because libtiff tool warnings resulted in a Windows pop-up dialog box.

While it is possible to support large files under Windows using tif_unix.c code, it requires additional tweaks to use 64-bit versions of the offset APIs.

The MSVC build is virtually unmaintained since none of the current libtiff maintainers personally care about it. Patches/fixes and tender loving care are appreciated.

I haven't had a chance to run my own primitive integration regression tests on it yet but I'll give a holler if anything is amiss.

Please do.

Bob
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