Re: coreutils-6.3 on MacOS X

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> According to Jim Meyering on 10/9/2006 5:50 AM:
>> Thanks.
>> I've checked in that change:
>>
>> 2006-10-09  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>
>>
>>      * lchown.c: Include <sys/stat.h> before "stat-macros.h".
>>      Patch from Bruno Haible.
>
> Why not instead fix stat-macros.h to include <sys/stat.h>?  Then future
> users of "stat-macros.h" don't have to worry about this portability trap.

Because there have been problems with systems for which <sys/stat.h>
cannot be included more than once.

Maybe it's time to reexamine that restriction, but I'm in no hurry.