Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 19:22:47 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Stat modes different from Unix systems
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On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> I was able to work around by explicitly modifying the `st_mode' field
> inside of `mkisofs', but I wonder what the Right Thing is.

The Right Thing is to fix `mkisofs' invalid usage of literal mode bits.  
Posix explicitly says you cannot rely on these.  Other programs (Tar and 
cpio) do the right thing, so why not `mkisofs' as well?

Btw, I think you'd better use the latest GNU-specific version of 
`mkisofs', since it also supports Joliet extensions and makes sure that 
the short aliases of long file names are under your control (as opposed 
to being at the mercy of the Windows 9X/NT drivers at runtime).  I can 
tell you where to get the sources, if you want.

> Is it worth it for us to change our numbers to be compatible?

I'm for this change, but the last time it came up, DJ and Charles were
opposed.