[PATCH 64bit] ssize_t

[Yaakov (Cygwin/X)]

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.


Yaakov
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