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SubjectRe: all files are executable in vfat
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>>>>> " " == Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> writes:

> On 25 Sep 2001, Trond Myklebust wrote:

>> Yes *please*! Finally we could introduce proper support for
>> 64-bit inode numbers too!

> Right. As soon as userland is audited for places where it uses
> int for storing inode numbers - just a couple of months after
> MS fixes all security holes in their software. By then we'll
> need 128bit time_t, though...

Anybody using the fstat64() interface has of course already done this,
and MS are known to be releasing the highly secure Windoze-XP any day
now...

I think I could find a use for the larger time_t too...

Cheers,
Trond
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