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Re: (resend) rs6000 patches: API issue with zero-size structureparameters, Darwin crt2 dependencies


On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Neil Booth wrote:
>> I see that it has application/octet-stream, which doesn't seem wrong
>> to me...
> I'm not a MIME expert, but that sounds like saying "binary".

Indeed that's the meaning:

| RFC 1521 - 7.4.1. The Application/Octet-Stream (primary) subtype
|
| The primary subtype of application, "octet-stream", may be used to
| indicate that a body contains binary data.

> Why not say it's text when it is?  I have the same viewing problem FWIW.

Seconded.

Gerald
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