Hi Mike,
> On z/OS, we tag files that are created with the code page they should use
> when the file is created in 'text' mode, but we don't do any tagging if the
> files are created in 'binary' mode.
>
> This causes grief in genaliases.c
>
> I would like to propose a small patch to create these files in text rather
> than binary
This is OK for z/OS, if you say so. But...
> - I don't believe this would create any issues on non-z/OS systems
The purpose of this use of binary mode is to avoid issues on Cygwin.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libiconv.git;a=commitdiff;h=555ccdd7f6479cfbb5ef7c74f64316611c357058
> Here's the proposed patch:
I've pushed a different patch instead, one that doesn't regress on Cygwin.
That patch will work! Thank you.
Bruno