Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 12:35:15 -0500
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	Dawe on Fri, 02 Nov 2001 14:49:17 +0000)
Subject: Re: Patch to add st_blocks to struct stat
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Changing the size of struct stat will cause problems with pre-built
objects, especially third party libraries.

*If* we decide to change the size of struct stat (I recommend
against), let's add a few dummy fields at the end, so that we can
"expand" it next time without changing its size.