Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 07:43:19 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <199806091143.HAA07231@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: nate AT cartsys DOT com
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980608200125.633A-100000@unixbox.bitbucket.org>
	(message from Nate Eldredge on Mon, 8 Jun 1998 20:13:42 -0700 (PDT))
Subject: Re: Stat modes different from Unix systems
Precedence: bulk


> While porting `mkisofs' to DJGPP, I found a problem.

This has come up before.

> I don't know if this is just a case of `mkisofs' being non-portable,

Yup.  It should convert the system macros to the hardcoded bits rather
than assume they match.

> Is it worth it for us to change our numbers to be compatible?  What else
> are we likely to break?

Existing libraries, like Allegro? (if they use stat, that is).