Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2001 18:26:50 +0300
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> From: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:29:03 +1000
> 
> If I recompile CP from fileutils using only the relevant files and step
> through the code then the code does NOT set up the dos_major variable, it's
> set to zero. I have traced this to the djstart.c program which sets the
> _djstat_flags  to 0x34 in the static init_stat_bits() function. The
> definition for _STAT_NEEDS_SFT is 0x23 and as such if I and these together I
> do NOT get 0 and as such the GNUC compiler does not call the get_sft_entry()
> which in turn initalises the dos_version function.

Right, I forgot about that djstart gork.

> >   /* Get pointer to an SFT entry which holds data for our handle. */
> >   if ( (_djstat_flags & _STAT_NEEDS_SFT) == 0 &&
> >        (sft_idx = get_sft_entry(fhandle)) == -1)
> >     {
> >       errno = EBADF;
> >       return -1;
> >     }
> 
> Now for the queries to help me try to find a correct solution:
> 1) Is it expected that the get_sft_entry() is not called in the scenario
> above?

Yes, it is expected: if _STAT_NEEDS_SFT is set, it means `fstat'
doesn't need any of the info it gets from the SFT.

> 2) Is it expected that the dos_major is setup even if the get_sft_entry() is
> not called? (I think the answer is yes)

Yes, expected.

> 3) Any suggestions as to where to head with this issue?

It's a bug: the if clause that checks whether to call function 71A6
should have used _osmajor, which is always set.  There's no reason to
condition it on the true DOS version.

Thanks for hunting this down.

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