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Re: several more bugs found by coreutils


On Feb  2 13:13, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 06:49:42PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Feb  2 12:20, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> >> On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 03:20:01PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >> >  #if defined (__CYGWIN__) && !defined (__CYGWIN_USE_BIG_TYPES__)
> >> >  #define __pw_uid_t int
> >> >  #endif
> >> >  #ifndef __pw_uid_t
> >> >  #define __pw_uid_t uid_t;
> >> >  #endif
> >> >
> >> >  struct passwd {
> >> >    char *pw_name;
> >> >    char *pw_passwd;
> >> >    __pw_uid_t pw_uid;
> >> >    __pw_gid_t pw_gid;
> >> >    [etc].
> >> >
> >> >Would that be ok, Jeff?
> >> 
> >> Why not just make __pw_uid_t a typedef?
> >
> >Defined where?
> 
> In pwd.h:
> 
>   #ifndef __CYGWIN__ || !defined(__CYGWIN_USE_BIG_TYPES__)
>   typedef int __pw_uid_t;
>   #else
>   typedef uid_t __pw_uid_t;
>   endif

Fine with me.  I don't see a difference, though.  What's the advantage
of having another type?


Corinna

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