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Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:51:34 -0500
To: Maria <maria AT kls-logistic DOT fr>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Compiling with -fpack-struct yields wrong results
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At 10:39 AM 1/22/2001, Maria wrote:
>Hello,
>
>When compiling my program with -fpack-struct, fstat returns the wrong
>result !!!
>
>I suggest redefining "struct stat" with the packed attribute in the
>corresponding include file. Or at least to add something about it in the
>FAQ.
>
>I think the problem is common to all non-aligned structures.



Thanks for the suggestion.  If this is an important feature to you, you can
submit a patch to accomplish this yourself, thus ensuring that the change 
occurs and does so quickly.  Often things like this end up on someone's 
"to do" list and since that someone is a volunteer, it may not reach the
top of the list for sometime.  If its top on your list and you'd like to 
help get it into Cygwin ASAP, visit http://www.cygwin.com/contrib.html to
find out how you can help out.



Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
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