GOTO Masanori wrote: > At Mon, 10 May 2004 07:21:18 +0200, > Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > GOTO Masanori wrote: > > > At Mon, 3 May 2004 18:50:18 +0100, > > > Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > > > severity 234236 grave > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > This is a grave bug since it keeps about 10-15 packages from building > > > > on mips. > > > > > > Which packages did this bug affect? I agreed with Thiemo's and > > > Goswin's opinion: > > > > > > > I wonder if it would be time to convert fdisk to _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 for > > > > linux on all archs instead of 32 bit + _llseek hacks. > > > > > > > But then, util-linux should use more portable means than kernel headers, > > > > like the syscall() interface. > > > > > > So I don't think it's grave for linux-kernel-headers. > > > > Glibc itself might break as well, probably in non-obvious ways, if built > > against this version of l-k-h.
I remembered incorrectly. Glibc has its own macros, it doesn't use the kernel ones any more. > > The patch is obviously correct, and already in the upstream repository > > (www.linux-mips.org). > > I don't discuss the correctness of this patch; my question is: which > packages are this patch needed. util-linux and raidtools are listed as RC bugs. Martin can probably provide a longer list of such packages. In the larger view it affects every application which includes <linux/unistd.h> and tries to use a syscall with more than 4 parameters. Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
