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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>,
        "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Mutt (on cygwin) and binary attachments
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 01:32:11 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>


> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> (disclaimer: I don't use mutt)
>
> Ya, but linking with binmode.o doesn't solve the other problem -- that
> of config files with DOS line endings.
>
> It looks to me as if you just can't use the 'binmode.o/automode.o'
magic
> bullets.  It seems that the real fix is to go thru the code, and put
> O_BINARY or 'rb' in the correct places, and O_TEXT(?) or 'rt' in the
> correct places.  Yes?

Yes! I have maintained that by far and large this is the only solution
that *works*.

(Sorry for the outburst, I'll go hide now).

Rob


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