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Re: [kenneth.schalk@compaq.com] libc/2226: rpc/rpc_msg.h incorrect on Alpha


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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