1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixInit.c b/unix/tclUnixInit.c
index 0b98cf9..423e97e 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixInit.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixInit.c
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
-DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall unsigned char GetVersionExA(void *);
+DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall unsigned char GetVersionExW(void *);
+DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void *LoadLibraryW(const void *);
+DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void FreeLibrary(void *);
+DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void *GetProcAddress(void *, const char *);
 DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void GetSystemInfo(void *);
 
 #define NUMPLATFORMS 4
@@ -66,14 +69,14 @@ typedef struct _SYSTEM_INFO {
   int      wProcessorRevision;
 } SYSTEM_INFO;
 
-typedef struct _OSVERSIONINFOA {
+typedef struct _OSVERSIONINFOW {
   DWORD dwOSVersionInfoSize;
   DWORD dwMajorVersion;
   DWORD dwMinorVersion;
   DWORD dwBuildNumber;
   DWORD dwPlatformId;
-  char szCSDVersion[128];
-} OSVERSIONINFOA;
+  wchar_t szCSDVersion[128];
+} OSVERSIONINFOW;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_COREFOUNDATION
@@ -811,7 +814,8 @@ TclpSetVariables(
 {
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
     SYSTEM_INFO sysInfo;
-    OSVERSIONINFOA osInfo;
+    static OSVERSIONINFOW osInfo;
+    static int osInfoInitialized = 0;
     char buffer[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE * 2];
 #elif !defined(NO_UNAME)
     struct utsname name;
@@ -924,8 +928,19 @@ TclpSetVariables(
     unameOK = 0;
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
 	unameOK = 1;
-    osInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOA);
-    GetVersionExA(&osInfo);
+    if (!osInfoInitialized) {
+      HANDLE handle = LoadLibraryW(L"NTDLL");
+      int(*getversion)(void *) = (int(*)(void *))GetProcAddress(handle, "RtlGetVersion");
+      osInfo.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOW);
+      if (!getversion || getversion(&osInfo)) {
+        GetVersionExW(&osInfo);
+      }
+      if (handle) {
+        FreeLibrary(handle);
+      }
+      osInfoInitialized = 1;
+    }
+
     GetSystemInfo(&sysInfo);
 
     if (osInfo.dwPlatformId < NUMPLATFORMS) {