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diff --git a/win/tclWinPort.h b/win/tclWinPort.h
index ca6b2bf..41201c7 100644
--- a/win/tclWinPort.h
+++ b/win/tclWinPort.h
@@ -360,6 +360,20 @@ typedef DWORD_PTR * PDWORD_PTR;
# define S_IFLNK 0120000 /* Symbolic Link */
#endif
+/*
+ * Windows compilers do not define S_IFBLK. However, Tcl uses it in
+ * GetTypeFromMode to identify blockSpecial devices based on the
+ * value in the statsbuf st_mode field. We have no other way to pass this
+ * from NativeStat on Windows so are forced to define it here.
+ * The definition here is essentially what is seen on Linux and MingW.
+ * XXX - the root problem is Tcl using Unix definitions instead of
+ * abstracting the structure into a platform independent one. Sigh - perhaps
+ * Tcl 9
+ */
+#ifndef S_IFBLK
+# define S_IFBLK (S_IFDIR | S_IFCHR)
+#endif
+
#ifndef S_ISREG
# ifdef S_IFREG
# define S_ISREG(m) (((m) & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
@@ -537,7 +551,7 @@ typedef DWORD_PTR * PDWORD_PTR;
* address platform-specific issues.
*/
-#define TclpReleaseFile(file) ckfree((char *) file)
+#define TclpReleaseFile(file) ckfree(file)
/*
* The following macros and declarations wrap the C runtime library