Re: [Bug-tar] compiling tar cvs using mingw

[Paul Eggert]

My own feeling is that we should be removing '#if MSDOS' code from
tar, not adding more to it.  Look at how diffutils does it, for
example: there's not a single 'MSDOS' or _WIN32 in the diffutils code
proper; all the DOS stuff lives in separate files, that are not even
compiled on GNU/Linux or Unix platforms.  That is cleaner than
sprinkling 'if MSDOS' throughout the main code.