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Re: [PATCH 64bit] ssize_t
On Feb 20 19:00, Yaakov wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:23:08 -0600, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> > I just discovered an issue resulting from this commit:
> >
> > 2002-06-27 Jeff Johnston <jjohnstn@...>
> >
> > * libc/include/sys/_types.h: Define _ssize_t as int if int is
> > 32-bits, otherwise define it as long.
> >
> > On x86_64-cygwin (as on Linux), int is still 32 bits, but size_t is a
> > 64bit unsigned long and ssize_t should be as large but signed.
> > Possible patch for newlib attached; corresponding patches for
> > cygwin-64bit-branch on cygwin-patches@.
>
> Revised patch, based on Joseph's and Eric's suggestion, attached.
Patch applied with an additional comment. I also added Joseph to the
ChangeLog.
Thanks very much, guys!
Corinna
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Corinna Vinschen
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