r1437 - trunk

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Author: tma
Date: 2008-08-04 07:34:04 -0400 (Mon, 04 Aug 2008)
New Revision: 1437

Modified:
   trunk/Makefile
Log:
* Elaborate on the reasons for requiring Windows XP


Modified: trunk/Makefile
===================================================================
--- trunk/Makefile	2008-08-03 21:38:54 UTC (rev 1436)
+++ trunk/Makefile	2008-08-04 11:34:04 UTC (rev 1437)
@@ -424,6 +424,12 @@
     -DUSE_ICON
 
   # Require Windows XP or later
+  #
+  # IPv6 support requires a header wspiapi.h to work on earlier versions of
+  # windows. There is no MinGW equivalent of this header so we're forced to
+  # require XP. In theory this restriction can be removed if this header is
+  # obtained separately from the platform SDK. The MSVC build does not have
+  # this limitation.
   BASE_CFLAGS += -DWINVER=0x501
 
   ifeq ($(USE_OPENAL),1)