--- src/grep.c.orig	Sat Sep 13 10:48:39 1997
+++ src/grep.c	Mon Feb 23 14:15:40 1998
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@
       {
 	if (strcmp(argv[optind], "-"))
 	  {
+#if 0
 	    /* On some platforms `open' will fail for a directory,
 	       so we stat the file before we attempt to open it.  */
 	    struct stat st;
@@ -933,6 +934,7 @@
 		++optind;
 		continue;
 	      }
+#endif
 	    desc = open(argv[optind], O_RDONLY);
 	  }
 	else