Re: GCC 2.1 or GCC 2.2.2?

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From: John J. Allen
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 10:18

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ljensen@netcom.com (Colin Jensen) writes:
: In article <1992Oct5.123837.28122@wsl.ie> jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen) writes:
: >Well 2.1 packs struct's automatically and 2.2.2 does not. I have not found
: >a way to do this. This is a real pain if you use any system calls.
: 
: [Warning: The following applies to gcc/2.  I know nothing about EMXGCC]
: 
: The version of gcc 2.2.2 that I am using *does* support packing structs
: by using a #pragma option.  ``#pragma pack(n)'' where n is the desired
: alignment that you want for structs will cause all structs declared

Well I've just checked and the pragmas are there but they are wrong.
There is a pack(4) prior to the FILEFINDBUF2 & FILEFINDBUF3 and it should
be pack(2). This caused me about two hours wasted time trying to find this
bug.

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!ieunet!wsl!jja
From: jja@wsl.ie (John J. Allen)
Subject: Re: GCC 2.1 or GCC 2.2.2?
Message-ID: <1992Oct7.101842.10487@wsl.ie>
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