Re: MS-Windows build of Grep [2/4]

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:47:59 -0800
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> CC: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> For consistency, shouldn't grep do something similar when checking
> whether the input file is the same as the output file?  Not only
> is this more consistent, it simplifies maintenance, and in this case
> it even *increases* reliability on POSIX hosts.  Here's a proposed
> patch.

This change is a no-op for the MinGW build, so it's fine with me, if
anyone cares about my opinion.  Its main effect is on Posix hosts with
various issues wrt `struct stat', as documented on the current
system.h.