--- pwdgrp.h.new	2002-11-28 23:17:54.000000000 -0500
+++ pwdgrp.h	2002-11-29 10:41:56.000000000 -0500
@@ -34,25 +34,28 @@ class pwdgrp_check {

 public:
   pwdgrp_check () : state (uninitialized) {}
-  operator pwdgrp_state ()
+  BOOL isinitializing ()
     {
-      if (state != uninitialized && file_w32[0] && cygheap->etc_changed ())
-	{
-	  HANDLE h;
-	  WIN32_FIND_DATA data;
-
-	  if ((h = FindFirstFile (file_w32, &data)) != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+      if (state <= initializing)
+	state = initializing;
+      else if (cygheap->etc_changed ())
+        {
+	  if (!file_w32[0])
+	    state = initializing;
+	  else
 	    {
-	      if (CompareFileTime (&data.ftLastWriteTime, &last_modified) > 0)
-		state = initializing;
-	      FindClose (h);
+	      HANDLE h;
+	      WIN32_FIND_DATA data;
+
+	      if ((h = FindFirstFile (file_w32, &data)) != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+	        {
+		  if (CompareFileTime (&data.ftLastWriteTime, &last_modified) > 0)
+		    state = initializing;
+		  FindClose (h);
+		}
 	    }
 	}
-      return state;
-    }
-  void operator = (pwdgrp_state nstate)
-    {
-      state = nstate;
+      return state == initializing;
     }
   BOOL isuninitialized () const { return state == uninitialized; }
   void set_last_modified (HANDLE fh, const char *name)
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ public:
       if (!file_w32[0])
 	strcpy (file_w32, name);
       GetFileTime (fh, NULL, NULL, &last_modified);
+      state = loaded;
     }
 };

--- passwd.cc.new	2002-11-28 23:26:28.000000000 -0500
+++ passwd.cc	2002-11-29 10:42:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ read_etc_passwd ()
   passwd_lock here (cygwin_finished_initializing);

   /* if we got blocked by the mutex, then etc_passwd may have been processed */
-  if (passwd_state <= initializing)
+  if (passwd_state.isinitializing ())
     {
       curr_lines = 0;
       if (pr.open ("/etc/passwd"))
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ read_etc_passwd ()
 	  pr.close ();
 	  debug_printf ("Read /etc/passwd, %d lines", curr_lines);
 	}
-      passwd_state = loaded;

       static char linebuf[1024];
       char strbuf[128] = "";
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ struct passwd *
 internal_getpwuid (__uid32_t uid, BOOL check)
 {
   if (passwd_state.isuninitialized ()
-      || (check && passwd_state  <= initializing))
+      || (check && passwd_state.isinitializing ()))
     read_etc_passwd ();

   for (int i = 0; i < curr_lines; i++)
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ struct passwd *
 internal_getpwnam (const char *name, BOOL check)
 {
   if (passwd_state.isuninitialized ()
-      || (check && passwd_state  <= initializing))
+      || (check && passwd_state.isinitializing ()))
     read_etc_passwd ();

   for (int i = 0; i < curr_lines; i++)
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ getpwnam_r (const char *nam, struct pass
 extern "C" struct passwd *
 getpwent (void)
 {
-  if (passwd_state  <= initializing)
+  if (passwd_state.isinitializing ())
     read_etc_passwd ();

   if (pw_pos < curr_lines)
@@ -394,7 +393,7 @@ getpass (const char * prompt)
 #endif
   struct termios ti, newti;

-  if (passwd_state  <= initializing)
+  if (passwd_state.isinitializing ())
     read_etc_passwd ();

   cygheap_fdget fhstdin (0);
--- grp.cc.new	2002-11-28 23:30:04.000000000 -0500
+++ grp.cc	2002-11-29 10:43:12.000000000 -0500
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ read_etc_group ()
   group_lock here (cygwin_finished_initializing);

   /* if we got blocked by the mutex, then etc_group may have been processed */
-  if (group_state <= initializing)
+  if (group_state.isinitializing ())
     {
       for (int i = 0; i < curr_lines; i++)
 	if ((group_buf + i)->gr_mem != &null_ptr)
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ read_etc_group ()
 	  gr.close ();
 	  debug_printf ("Read /etc/group, %d lines", curr_lines);
 	}
-      group_state = loaded;

       /* Complete /etc/group in memory if needed */
       if (!internal_getgrgid (myself->gid))
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ internal_getgrgid (__gid32_t gid, BOOL c
   struct __group32 * default_grp = NULL;

   if (group_state.isuninitialized ()
-      || (check && group_state  <= initializing))
+      || (check && group_state.isinitializing ()))
     read_etc_group ();

   for (int i = 0; i < curr_lines; i++)
@@ -216,7 +215,7 @@ struct __group32 *
 internal_getgrnam (const char *name, BOOL check)
 {
   if (group_state.isuninitialized ()
-      || (check && group_state  <= initializing))
+      || (check && group_state.isinitializing ()))
     read_etc_group ();

   for (int i = 0; i < curr_lines; i++)
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ endgrent ()
 extern "C" struct __group32 *
 getgrent32 ()
 {
-  if (group_state  <= initializing)
+  if (group_state.isinitializing ())
     read_etc_group ();

   if (grp_pos < curr_lines)