-// If what? Who seems to need unsigned int?
-// BTW uint isn't even defined on wxMSW for VC++ for some reason. Even if it
-// were, getpeername/getsockname don't take unsigned int*, they take int*.
-//
-// Under glibc 2.0.7, socketbits.h declares socklen_t to be unsigned int
-// and it uses *socklen_t as the 3rd parameter. Robert.
-
-// JACS - How can we detect this?
-// Meanwhile, if your compiler complains about socklen_t,
-// switch lines below.
-
-#if wxHAVE_GLIBC2
-# define wxSOCKET_INT socklen_t
-#else
-# define wxSOCKET_INT int
-#endif
+// this is normally defined by configure, but if it wasn't try to do it here
+#ifndef SOCKLEN_T
+ #if wxHAVE_GLIBC2
+ typedef socklen_t SOCKLEN_T;
+ #else
+ typedef int SOCKLEN_T;
+ #endif
+#endif // SOCKLEN_T