+/* On many platforms, <sys/socket.h> assumes prior inclusion of
+ <sys/types.h>. */
+
+# include <sys/types.h>
+# include @ABSOLUTE_SYS_SOCKET_H@
+
+#else
+
+/* A platform that lacks <sys/socket.h>.
+
+ Currently only MinGW is supported. See the gnulib manual regarding
+ Windows sockets. MinGW has the header files winsock2.h and
+ ws2tcpip.h that declare the sys/socket.h definitions we need. Note
+ that you can influence which definitions you get by setting the
+ WINVER symbol before including these two files. For example,
+ getaddrinfo is only available if _WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0501 (that
+ symbol is set indiriectly through WINVER). You can set this by
+ adding AC_DEFINE(WINVER, 0x0501) to configure.ac. Note that your
+ code may not run on older Windows releases then. My Windows 2000
+ box was not able to run the code, for example. The situation is
+ slightly confusing because:
+ http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winsock/winsock/getaddrinfo_2.asp
+ suggests that getaddrinfo should be available on all Windows
+ releases. */
+
+
+# if @HAVE_WINSOCK2_H@
+# include <winsock2.h>
+# endif
+# if @HAVE_WS2TCPIP_H@
+# include <ws2tcpip.h>
+# endif