*** Modules/posixmodule.c.old   Wed Jan 16 01:20:29 2008
--- Modules/posixmodule.c       Wed Jan 16 01:33:04 2008
***************
*** 1881,1889 ****
  posix_chown(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
  {
        char *path = NULL;
!       int uid, gid;
        int res;
!       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "etii:chown",
                              Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding, &path,
                              &uid, &gid))
                return NULL;
--- 1881,1918 ----
  posix_chown(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
  {
        char *path = NULL;
!       uid_t uid;
!       gid_t gid;
        int res;
!       static char dynamic_format[11];
!       static int dynamic_format_initialized = 0;
! 
!       if (!dynamic_format_initialized) {
!               strcpy(dynamic_format, "etii:chown");
!               if (sizeof(uid_t) == sizeof(int) && (uid_t) 0 - 1 > 0)
!                       dynamic_format[2] = 'I';
!               else if (sizeof(uid_t) == sizeof(short) && (uid_t) 0 - 1 < 0)
!                       dynamic_format[2] = 'h';
!               else if (sizeof(uid_t) == sizeof(short) && (uid_t) 0 - 1 > 0)
!                       dynamic_format[2] = 'H';
!               else if (sizeof(uid_t) == sizeof(long) && (uid_t) 0 - 1 < 0)
!                       dynamic_format[2] = 'l';
!               else if (sizeof(uid_t) == sizeof(long) && (uid_t) 0 - 1 > 0)
!                       dynamic_format[2] = 'k';
!               if (sizeof(gid_t) == sizeof(int) && (gid_t) 0 - 1 > 0)
!                       dynamic_format[3] = 'I';
!               else if (sizeof(gid_t) == sizeof(short) && (gid_t) 0 - 1 < 0)
!                       dynamic_format[3] = 'h';
!               else if (sizeof(gid_t) == sizeof(short) && (gid_t) 0 - 1 > 0)
!                       dynamic_format[3] = 'H';
!               else if (sizeof(gid_t) == sizeof(long) && (gid_t) 0 - 1 < 0)
!                       dynamic_format[3] = 'l';
!               else if (sizeof(gid_t) == sizeof(long) && (gid_t) 0 - 1 > 0)
!                       dynamic_format[3] = 'k';
!               dynamic_format_initialized = 1;
!       }
! 
!       if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, dynamic_format,
                              Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding, &path,
                              &uid, &gid))
                return NULL;