GNU bug report logs - #32305
mingw vs do_chown in gzip

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:32:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 32305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bdale Garbee <bdale <at> gag.com>
Cc: 32305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32305: mingw vs do_chown in gzip
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2018 00:39:34 -0700

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Bdale Garbee wrote:
> That fixes the compilation of gzip.c, but of course causes a link
> failure since it leaves two calls to function do_chown() that is no
> longer defined.

I installed into Savannah master the attached patch, which should be a bit 
cleaner. Does it fix things for you?

[0001-gzip-port-better-to-mingw-again.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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