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+//  Boost cerrno.hpp header  -------------------------------------------------//
+
+//  Copyright Beman Dawes 2005.
+//  Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
+//  License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+//  See library home page at http://www.boost.org/libs/system
+
+#ifndef NDNBOOST_CERRNO_HPP
+#define NDNBOOST_CERRNO_HPP
+
+#include <cerrno>
+
+//  supply errno values likely to be missing, particularly on Windows
+
+#ifndef EAFNOSUPPORT
+#define EAFNOSUPPORT 9901
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EADDRINUSE
+#define EADDRINUSE 9902
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EADDRNOTAVAIL
+#define EADDRNOTAVAIL 9903
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EISCONN
+#define EISCONN 9904
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EBADMSG
+#define EBADMSG 9905
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ECONNABORTED
+#define ECONNABORTED 9906
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EALREADY
+#define EALREADY 9907
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ECONNREFUSED
+#define ECONNREFUSED 9908
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ECONNRESET
+#define ECONNRESET 9909
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EDESTADDRREQ
+#define EDESTADDRREQ 9910
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EHOSTUNREACH
+#define EHOSTUNREACH 9911
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EIDRM
+#define EIDRM 9912
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EMSGSIZE
+#define EMSGSIZE 9913
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENETDOWN
+#define ENETDOWN 9914
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENETRESET
+#define ENETRESET 9915
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENETUNREACH
+#define ENETUNREACH 9916
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOBUFS
+#define ENOBUFS 9917
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOLINK
+#define ENOLINK 9918
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENODATA
+#define ENODATA 9919
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOMSG
+#define ENOMSG 9920
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOPROTOOPT
+#define ENOPROTOOPT 9921
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOSR
+#define ENOSR 9922
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOTSOCK
+#define ENOTSOCK 9923
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOSTR
+#define ENOSTR 9924
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOTCONN
+#define ENOTCONN 9925
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOTSUP
+#define ENOTSUP 9926
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ECANCELED
+#define ECANCELED 9927
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EINPROGRESS
+#define EINPROGRESS 9928
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EOPNOTSUPP
+#define EOPNOTSUPP 9929
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EWOULDBLOCK
+#define EWOULDBLOCK 9930
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EOWNERDEAD
+#define EOWNERDEAD  9931
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EPROTO
+#define EPROTO 9932
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EPROTONOSUPPORT
+#define EPROTONOSUPPORT 9933
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOTRECOVERABLE
+#define ENOTRECOVERABLE 9934
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ETIME
+#define ETIME 9935
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ETXTBSY
+#define ETXTBSY 9936
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ETIMEDOUT
+#define ETIMEDOUT 9938
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ELOOP
+#define ELOOP 9939
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EOVERFLOW
+#define EOVERFLOW 9940
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EPROTOTYPE
+#define EPROTOTYPE 9941
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOSYS
+#define ENOSYS 9942
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EINVAL
+#define EINVAL 9943
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ERANGE
+#define ERANGE 9944
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EILSEQ
+#define EILSEQ 9945
+#endif
+
+//  Windows Mobile doesn't appear to define these:
+
+#ifndef E2BIG
+#define E2BIG 9946
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EDOM
+#define EDOM 9947
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EFAULT
+#define EFAULT 9948
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EBADF
+#define EBADF 9949
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EPIPE
+#define EPIPE 9950
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EXDEV
+#define EXDEV 9951
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EBUSY
+#define EBUSY 9952
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOTEMPTY
+#define ENOTEMPTY 9953
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOEXEC
+#define ENOEXEC 9954
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EEXIST
+#define EEXIST 9955
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EFBIG
+#define EFBIG 9956
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENAMETOOLONG
+#define ENAMETOOLONG 9957
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOTTY
+#define ENOTTY 9958
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EINTR
+#define EINTR 9959
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ESPIPE
+#define ESPIPE 9960
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EIO
+#define EIO 9961
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EISDIR
+#define EISDIR 9962
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ECHILD
+#define ECHILD 9963
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOLCK
+#define ENOLCK 9964
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOSPC
+#define ENOSPC 9965
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENXIO
+#define ENXIO 9966
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENODEV
+#define ENODEV 9967
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOENT
+#define ENOENT 9968
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ESRCH
+#define ESRCH 9969
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOTDIR
+#define ENOTDIR 9970
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENOMEM
+#define ENOMEM 9971
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EPERM
+#define EPERM 9972
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EACCES
+#define EACCES 9973
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EROFS
+#define EROFS 9974
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EDEADLK
+#define EDEADLK 9975
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EAGAIN
+#define EAGAIN 9976
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENFILE
+#define ENFILE 9977
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EMFILE
+#define EMFILE 9978
+#endif
+
+#ifndef EMLINK
+#define EMLINK 9979
+#endif
+
+#endif // include guard