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Re: [kenneth.schalk@compaq.com] libc/2226: rpc/rpc_msg.h incorrect on Alpha
- To: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk at suse dot de>
- Subject: Re: [kenneth.schalk@compaq.com] libc/2226: rpc/rpc_msg.h incorrect on Alpha
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- Date: 01 May 2001 20:47:45 +0200
- Cc: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com,kenneth dot schalk at compaq dot com
- References: <u8bspd6pgf.fsf@gromit.rhein-neckar.de><20010501181142.A7826@suse.de>
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> writes:
|> On Tue, May 01, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
|>
|> >
|> > Hi glibc developer,s
|> >
|> > Here's a bug report against 2.1.3 that is also valid for 2.2.3.
|> >
|> > What should be done?
|>
|> We can nothing do without breaking all RPC applications on Alpha.
|> This mistake was done at the very first Alpha port.
|> Even fixing it in glibc with a new symbol version for backward
|> compatibility breaks a lot of old programs.
This is unfortunate. WIBNI we could fix that for IA64 and for all other
future 64 bit targets?
Andreas.
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