From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: Bug: getmntent() sets LFN, but doesn't restore it
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 10:55:02 -0600 (CST)
In-Reply-To: <3E3A52D3.5F011CEA@phekda.freeserve.co.uk> from "Richard Dawe" at Jan 31, 2003 10:41:23 AM
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> getmntent() in src/libc/compat/mntent/mntent.c sets LFN, but doesn't not
> restore its original value, once it has finished. To work around a Win2k bug,
> it sets LFN=n, to find volume labels, and then sets it to LFN=y, once it's
> done. That's fine when LFN=y, but what if LFN=n initially?

If LFN=n to begin with, w2k_bug won't be set.

That entire thing was a mess - I think it would be better to 
get rid of the putenv's and fix findfirst to work around the bug.

A bad choice on my part