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Subject: Re: Linuxulator unhappiness...
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 13:44:32 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199603011158.WAA01482@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Mar 1, 96 10:28:05 pm
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In reply to Michael Smith who wrote:
> 
> Bruce Evans stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > This is probably caused by bogus types and overflow bugs in linux_file.c
> > function linux_lseek():
> > 
> > 1) the offset is declared as `unsigned long' in `struct linux_seek_args'.
> > File offsets should normally be signed to avoid problems like the current
> > one (that's why off_t is signed).
> > 

exactly, just  change the unsigned long to a signed long...
 
> *sigh*.  Soren/Peter?  Is this one you've fixed?  If not, I'll hack at it
> a little and try to come up with something that works in the interim 8(

I think so, I'll have to check my sorces when I get home.


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Soren Schmidt             (sos@FreeBSD.org)             FreeBSD Core Team
               So much code to hack -- so little time.