On 09/10/13 21:24, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>
>> He feels it may be related to fonts...
>
> I don't think so, cf Ralph's answer.
Which suggests that it may be related to mkstemp(3) usage.
>> we are more Windows knowledgeable.
>
> It would be great if you could help fix this since I don't use Windows
> at all.
FWIW, I recently proposed as a candidate mkstemp(3) addition to
MinGW[1]; within it, I see:
> int __mingw_mkstemp( int setmode, char *template )
> {
> /* Implementation of the low-level functional support for mkstemp(3);
> * this provides the formal function implementation, including support
> * for adjustment of its behaviour w.r.t. temporary file persistence.
> *
> * By default, temporary files will persist until explicitly deleted;
> * POSIX prescribes that temporary files are to be created with the
> * following attributes, (with O_BINARY added, to ensure there is
> * no undue influence from "helpful" text mode transformations):
> */
> static int omode = O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR | O_BINARY;
so this implementation, at least, does take care of setting the stream
mode as O_BINARY.
[1]: Patch attached to https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw/bugs/2003/
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Regards,
Keith.
