[bug-gnulib] Re: [Patch] mode_* when compiling findutils with fresh gnulib

[Bas van Gompel]

Op Mon, 23 May 2005 01:12:58 -0700 schreef Paul Eggert
in <address@hidden>:
:  address@hidden (James Youngman) writes:
:
: > Gnulib guys, what's the significance of the changes made to
: > modechange.c?  How should callers who previously used MODE_MASK_PLUS
: > modify their code to get the same behaviour?
:
:  We couldn't find any programs that set some of the MODE_MASK bits but
:  not others, and which also conformed to POSIX; so we removed that part
:  of the interface.  As far as I can see GNU find falls into the same
:  camp (though admittedly the POSIX wording is a bit muddy here).

Excuse my ignorance, but I don't understand the above statement.
Could you elaborate a bit, please?

Is a functional change in findutils to be expected from this?

:  Also, I notice that import-gnulib hasn't been updated to reflect
:  the fact that config.rpath now lives in gnulib/build-aux.

That's another story, and might deserve another patch.

:  So I propose this patch to findutils.

So, my patch apparently /was/ correct (except the (c)-year). :-/
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L8r,

Buzz [who thought findutils was one of the main gnulib-dependents].
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