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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!pacifier!news.alpha.net!mixcom.com!Dean.Roth From: Dean Roth <Dean.Roth@mixcom.com> Subject: Re: compiler problems Message-ID: <1995May7.144022.851@mixcom.com> Originator: xeee02@mixcom.mixcom.com Sender: news@mixcom.com (Net News Admin) Nntp-Posting-Host: mixcom.mixcom.com Organization: MIX Communications, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A. info@mixcom.com References: <1995May6.022930.27869@mixcom.com> Distribution: usa Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 14:40:22 GMT Lines: 12 In <1995May6.022930.27869@mixcom.com> Dean Roth <Dean.Roth@mixcom.com> writes: >Several programs that I've used for years are failing under BSDI 2.0, which >is the first version of BSDI I've used. I've traced the problem to sprint >function calls like the one below. The problem has been identified. The problem is caused by off_t being a long long in BSDI (64 bits rather than 32). That caused s/f/printf to fail. Changing the print format solves the problem. "off_t" is used by several popular programs, such as wuftpd and nn. Dean