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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>
Subject: bug#32305: closed (Re: bug#32305: mingw vs do_chown in gzip)
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2018 03:37:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#32305: mingw vs do_chown in gzip

which was filed against the gzip package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 32305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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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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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