as it happens, i sent a related message to the isync mailing list literally two hours earlier.
i don't think i'll make use of the patch. if nothing else, because reliance on dirent.d_type is a no-go. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org