gcc-2.2.2 bug in assumption of `struct stat' field

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1 total messages Started by Steven McCanne Thu, 06 Aug 1992 02:35

#278

Author: Steven McCanne
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 02:35

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Gcc passes the st_size field of a `struct stat' as an (unprototyped) function
argument.  On some systems (i.e., 4.4BSD) the st_size field isn't 32 bits
(it's 64 bits).  The patch below fixes this problem.

Steve
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*** /tmp/,RCSt1a06497	Wed Aug  5 19:32:17 1992
--- gcc.c	Wed Aug  5 19:31:59 1992
***************
*** 580,585 ****
--- 580,586 ----
    struct stat statbuf;
    char *buffer;
    register char *p;
+   unsigned size;
  
    if (verbose_flag)
      fprintf (stderr, "Reading specs from %s\n", filename);
***************
*** 592,600 ****
      pfatal_with_name (filename);
  
    /* Read contents of file into BUFFER.  */
!   buffer = xmalloc (statbuf.st_size + 1);
!   read (desc, buffer, statbuf.st_size);
!   buffer[statbuf.st_size] = 0;
    close (desc);
  
    /* Scan BUFFER for specs, putting them in the vector.  */
--- 593,602 ----
      pfatal_with_name (filename);
  
    /* Read contents of file into BUFFER.  */
!   size = statbuf.st_size;
!   buffer = xmalloc (size + 1);
!   read (desc, buffer, (size_t)size);
!   buffer[size] = 0;
    close (desc);
  
    /* Scan BUFFER for specs, putting them in the vector.  */

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