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Re: Cygwin pine addressbook problem
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Daniel Barker <d dot barker at reading dot ac dot uk>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:03:52 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Cygwin pine addressbook problem
- References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1050615230610.13487A-100000@suma3>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Daniel Barker wrote:
> I have just remounted / in binary mode (mount -f -b c:/cygwin /) and
> the problem vanishes. Thank you! I might just re-mount all directories
> in binary mode - I assume that would give exactly the same effect as
> if I'd chosen UNIX newlines during the install? Both options have
> advantages so I wouldn't mind, providing this is a "clean" flip to the
> alternative system. - Daniel
Exactly.
This confirms my guess based on a quick glance at the code -- there's an
open() call missing the BINMODE specifier. I'll try to release a new
version soon. FWIW, 4.60 still has this bug, so I'll also send a patch
upstream.
Igor
P.S. BTW, there was no need to Cc: me -- I read the list.
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