Re: [PATCH] Open file in binary mode to work around a windows bug

[Rob Shearman]

2008/9/9 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry(a)codeweavers.com>:
> "Steven Edwards" <winehacker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > [PATCH] Open file in binary mode to work around a windows bug
>
> What bug is that? If that's a Windows bug why Wine needs to be patched?

It's not a bug. When opening a file in text mode on Windows, all LFs
will be converted to CRLFs. Typelib files are binary and therefore
random parts of the typelib data
will seemingly be corrupted when read.

The patch is correct, even if the description isn't.

-- 
Rob Shearman