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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:44:24 -0500
From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 11:40:03AM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Ken Smith wrote this message on Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 19:25 -0500:
> > A similar fix is in the works for ext2fs, I just need to test it a bit
> > more.
> > 
> > I don't know if this sort of thing should be MFCed, advice is welcome.
> > It's a user visible change in something that has probably been this
> > way for a long time but the current situation violates standards...
> 
> Are you going to update the fstat(2) man page too?
> 

I'll take a look and update it if I'm able to come up with a
better fix for the problem.  Bruce had a few suggestions one of
which I like.

Apparently this got discussed back in 2003 but a fix wasn't settled
on at the time.

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						Ken Smith
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