Index: configure.ac
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/configure.ac,v
retrieving revision 1.61
diff -u -p -r1.61 configure.ac
--- configure.ac	29 Sep 2005 13:25:36 -0000	1.61
+++ configure.ac	29 Sep 2005 17:47:31 -0000
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ AC_LANG_POP(C)
 # some standard header files
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_MAJOR
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h sys/types.h sys/select.h strings.h locale.h utime.h sys/utime.h io.h process.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/time.h sys/types.h sys/select.h strings.h locale.h utime.h sys/utime.h io.h process.h NewAPIs.h)
 
 # some standard structures
 AC_HEADER_STAT
@@ -405,6 +405,10 @@ int mkstemp(char*);
 
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
 #define BOOST_POSIX 1
+#endif
+
+#if definded (HAVE_NEWAPIS_H) && defined (_WIN32)
+# define WANT_GETFILEATTRIBUTESEX_WRAPPER 1
 #endif
 
 #endif
Index: boost/libs/filesystem/src/operations_posix_windows.cpp
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/lyx/cvsroot/lyx-devel/boost/libs/filesystem/src/operations_posix_windows.cpp,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -p -r1.3 operations_posix_windows.cpp
--- boost/libs/filesystem/src/operations_posix_windows.cpp	20 Nov 2004 09:08:44 -0000	1.3
+++ boost/libs/filesystem/src/operations_posix_windows.cpp	29 Sep 2005 17:47:32 -0000
@@ -46,6 +46,50 @@ namespace fs = boost::filesystem;
 
 # if defined(BOOST_WINDOWS)
 #   include "windows.h"
+
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    //
+    // Enable Boost.Filesystem to run on Win95 using the emulation
+    // of GetFileAttributesEx available in the Microsoft Platform SDK
+    // header file NewAPIs.h.
+    //
+    // The user needs only to define WANT_GETFILEATTRIBUTESEX_WRAPPER
+    // to enable this emulation.
+    //
+    // Please note, however, that this block of preprocessor code enables
+    // the user to compile against the emulation code. To link the
+    // executable the user must also compile the function definitions in
+    // NewAPIs.h. See NewAPIs.h for further details.
+    //
+    // This code should work both with Microsoft's native implementation
+    // of the winapi headers and also with MinGW/Cygwin's version.
+    //
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#   if defined(WANT_GETFILEATTRIBUTESEX_WRAPPER)
+#     if (defined(__MINGW__) || defined(__CYGWIN__)) && WINVER < 0x040A
+        // MinGW/Cygwin's winapi header files and NewAPIs.h do not live
+        // well together because NewAPIs.h redefines
+        // WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA if WINVER < 0x04A.
+#       include <w32api.h>
+#       if __W32API_MAJOR_VERSION < 3 || \
+           __W32API_MAJOR_VERSION == 3 && __W32API_MINOR_VERSION <= 3
+#         define BOOST_FILESYSTEM_WINVER WINVER
+#         undef WINVER
+#         define WINVER 0x040A
+#       endif
+#     endif
+
+#     include <NewAPIs.h>
+
+      // Return macro definitions to their original state.
+#     ifdef BOOST_FILESYSTEM_WINVER
+#       undef WINVER
+#       define WINVER BOOST_FILESYSTEM_WINVER
+#       undef BOOST_FILESYSTEM_WINVER
+#     endif
+#   endif
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 #   if defined(__BORLANDC__) || defined(__MWERKS__)
 #     if defined(__BORLANDC__)
         using std::time_t;
@@ -391,7 +435,7 @@ namespace boost
         : path_stat.st_size == 0;
 #   else
       WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fad;
-      if ( !::GetFileAttributesExA( ph.string().c_str(),
+      if ( !::GetFileAttributesEx( ph.string().c_str(),
         ::GetFileExInfoStandard, &fad ) )
         boost::throw_exception( filesystem_error(
           "boost::filesystem::is_empty",
@@ -538,7 +582,7 @@ namespace boost
 #   else
       // by now, intmax_t is 64-bits on all Windows compilers
       WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fad;
-      if ( !::GetFileAttributesExA( ph.string().c_str(),
+      if ( !::GetFileAttributesEx( ph.string().c_str(),
         ::GetFileExInfoStandard, &fad ) )
         boost::throw_exception( filesystem_error(
           "boost::filesystem::file_size",