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mingw vs do_chown in gzip

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32305: closed (mingw vs do_chown in gzip)
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2018 03:37:02 +0000

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regarding mingw vs do_chown in gzip
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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bdale Garbee <bdale <at> gag.com>
Cc: gzip bugs <bug-gzip <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: mingw vs do_chown in gzip
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:31:06 -0700

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Bdale Garbee wrote:

> I'm (finally) working on updating the gzip in Debian to something newer
> than 1.6, which caused me to stumble over the addition of the do_chown
> function in gzip.c.  That's because I need to build both native Debian
> and Windows binary packages, the latter in support of a portion of the
> Debian installer system that has something to do with Windows.
> 
> The problem is that mingw doesn't provide uid_t or gid_t definitions,
> perhaps just because there isn't really an equivalent ownership
> construct in Windows?

Yes, that must be it. I installed the attached into gzip master on Savannah; 
does it fix things for you?

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bdale Garbee <bdale <at> gag.com>
Cc: 32305-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32305: mingw vs do_chown in gzip
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2018 20:36:42 -0700

Thanks for checking the fix; closing the bug report.

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