[ros-dev] Reactos Dev Help

[Casper Hornstrup]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com 
> [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Larsen
> Sent: 8. december 2004 09:54
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Subject: [ros-dev] Reactos Dev Help
> 
> Reactos4s Bootcd Just wondering why those files are not 
> include because many apps depends on them and they are made?
>  
> olepro32.dll
> oledlg.dll
> odbc32.dll

Submit a patch that will do this, then they will be included in
the next release.

> 
> Is it necessary to apply files in patches when you made a 
> whole dynamic link file?

Please elaborate on that

> My mind lay on inetcfg.dll and other files witch only are 
> ugly stubs in Reactos CVS.

What is ugly about them?

> 
> Is there a tool to do the diff-patch job anyone can recommend?

GNU diff and GNU patch

> 
> Who are able to get CVS Write Access and how?

When you have made a series of non-trivial patches, you may apply
for CVS access.

> Reactos identify itself as some old Windows Version but if 
> any apps should be able to run it should be at least Windows 
> 2000 know about
> 

There is a reason the applications wants a newer OS. They need some
APIs only available on newer OS versions. To support APIs of multiple
OS versions concurrently, ReactOS needs an Application Compatibility
System like Windows has.

> My last question is
> 
> I start and application but if the application gets missing 
> exports lets say NTDLL.RtlAlloc The Reactos Gets very 
> unstable I know windows do some other things when a exports 
> missing it shows and dialog saying either NTDLL.DLL is 
> missing or the Function NTDLL.RtlAlloc is missing and then 
> terminate the application..
> 
> If any have a solution about where I should solve the problem 
> or got some patch to do it I would be very happyJ

Use an older version of GNU binutils to build ReactOS.

Casper