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Subject: Re: [PATCH] DT_UNKNOWN: do not fully trust existence of DT_UNKNOWN
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:53:14 +0100
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Junio C Hamano, Fri, Jan 20, 2006 20:10:59 +0100:
> >> The recent Cygwin defines DT_UNKNOWN although it does not have d_type
> >> in struct dirent.  Give an option to tell us not to use d_type on such
> >> platforms.  Hopefully this problem will be transient.
> >
> > You still have to #undef all the DT_ macros if you have a somewhat
> > old Cygwin (before Christopher removed the macros).
> 
> Ah, you mean something like this?
> 
> +#undef DT_UNKNOWN
> +#undef DT_DIR
> +#undef DT_REG
> +#undef DT_LNK

yes, of course