Subject: Re: Why does mode_t need 32 bits?
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@nyc.deshaw.com>
From: Jim Bernard <jbernard@tater.mines.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/31/1997 06:33:15
On 10 30, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> Now, consider what happens when you've compiled a library with prototypes
> in scope and you are trying to link with this library from a legacy program
> that did not bring the necessary prototypes into scope.

  But don't you _still_ have that same problem on a machine with 64-bit ints
when mode_t is u_int32_t?