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Subject: [Bug 42986] ext2_fs.h requires undefined type umode_t
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:21:25 GMT
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--- Comment #12 from H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>  2012-03-27 06:21:24 ---
It's mostly an issue with keeping compatibility with as many systems as
possible.  It is fairly painful to deal with breakages in userspace without
breaking backwards compatibility.

I'll talk to Al.

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