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From:	"Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
To:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc:	<djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Grep 2.5e beta port to DJGPP
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:07:49 +1100
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> > The only "problem" that I do not know how to resolve correctly is as
> > outlined in the partial email I have included below with regards to
> > S_ISSOCK. I have #ifdef the S_ISSOCK out in order to get it built. Can
> > someone please help in resolving this as I don't have time to do this
this
> > year. Any help would be greatfully appreciated.
>
> What's the problem with the solution I suggested:
The problem is that I have never added any checks to configure and I have
other issues to fix that I personally think are more imporant. I will add
this to the list of issues to be looked at. At least this way grep builds
out of the box.

> > None of the above, IMHO.  S_ISSOCK is not sufficiently portable (even
> > though the latest draft of Posix requires it) for programs to use it
> > freely.  I think Grep should only use S_ISSOCK if it is defined, not
> > only for DJGPP.
>

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