[ECOS] __attribute__ ((packed)) doesn't work

Andrew Lunn andrew@lunn.ch
Wed Feb 22 12:04:00 GMT 2006


On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 05:29:06AM -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:
> In message <43FC4A07.3070704@zurich.ibm.com>, Dirk Husemann writes:
> >could you leave this part of the signature out? sending something to a 
> >public mailing list cannot be considered confidential and some companies 
> >have rather strict rules about receiving unsolicited confidential 
> >material...
> 
> The problem here is conflicting legal standards.  There are sound legal
> reasons to absolutely require that ALL outgoing mail have that disclaimer
> in some countries.  I know, it sounds dumb.  "The law is an ass."
> Both companies are making rational decisions given the variety of atrociously
> stupid laws and court decisions on such issues.

Yes, this is stupid. It is a shame i have to delete the email, since i
probablyu know what is wrong....

        Andrew


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