Automatic Lib Init (NetworkInitializer) is not working on MinGW #661
Description
I'm writing a network client using Poco and MinGW.
It seems that I have to call Poco::Net::initializeNetwork() before calling any network-related functions, otherwise I get an exception like "DNS error: EAI: 10093", which means WSANOTINITIALISED (according to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819124/) -- is it intended?
I think I'd be happy if I can always omit initializeNetwork() calls. Thanks.
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
$ dpkg -l | grep mingw32
ii mingw32 4.2.1.dfsg-2ubuntu1 amd64 Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) compiler
ii mingw32-binutils 2.20-0.2ubuntu1 amd64 Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) binutils
ii mingw32-runtime 3.15.2-0ubuntu1 all Minimalist GNU win32 (cross) runtime
$ i586-mingw32msvc-gcc --version
i586-mingw32msvc-gcc (GCC) 4.2.1-sjlj (mingw32-2)
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
$ cat VERSION
1.6.0 (2014-12-22)