Re: [Neko] Neko on HPPA machines

[Jens Peter Secher]

Here is a patch that fixes the problem.

diff -urNad neko-1.5.3~/vm/main.c neko-1.5.3/vm/main.c
--- neko-1.5.3~/vm/main.c       2007-03-04 14:00:16.000000000 +0100
+++ neko-1.5.3/vm/main.c        2007-03-04 14:01:09.000000000 +0100
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@

int neko_has_embedded_module() {
        char *exe = executable_path();
-       char id[4];
+       unsigned char id[8];
        int pos;
        if( exe == NULL )
                return 0;
@@ -74,14 +74,12 @@
        if( self == NULL )
                return 0;
        fseek(self,-8,SEEK_END);
-       fread(id,1,4,self);
+       fread(id,1,8,self);
        if( id[0] != 'N' || id[1] != 'E' || id[2] != 'K' || id[3] != 'O' ) {
                fclose(self);
                return 0;
        }
-       fread(&pos,1,4,self);
-       if( neko_is_big_endian() )
-               pos = (pos >> 24) | ((pos >> 8) & 0xFF00) | ((pos << 8) & 
0xFF0000)
| (pos << 24);
+       pos = id[4] | id[5] << 8 | id[6] << 16 | id[7] << 24;
        fseek(self,pos,SEEK_SET);
        return 1;
}

Cheers,
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                                                   Jens Peter Secher.
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A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion.
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