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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:41:03 +0100 (CET)
From:      Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl>
To:        Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with DHCLIENT vs 64-bit time_t
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.58-Blink.0402231238270.2933@tea.blinkenlights.nl>
In-Reply-To: <xzpy8qucoij.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <p06020407bc533f0ae9d2@[128.113.24.47]> <20040215060047.GA62840@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20040215165913.M30161@grogged.dyndns.org> <p06020466bc5e09bf7182@[128.113.24.47]> <xzpznbbwfxb.fsf@dwp.des.no> <p06020476bc5f2b073f02@[128.113.24.47]> <xzpy8qucoij.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote:

> Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> writes:
> > When comparing the warnings from i386 to those from sparc64,
> > sparc64 sees about 50 extra warnings about:
> >      warning: cast increases required alignment of target type
> >
> > Would this be a possible cause of inconsistent (and usually broken)
> > behavior in a program?  Do we need to try to fix all of those?
>
> Probably.  I'm not sure it's worth it.  The code looks like whoever
> wrote it knew zip about C.  You should try to get a newer version
> imported and hope the ISC fixed it themselves.

dhclient has ( like ntpd ) issues on alpha as well, I'll take
a look to see if the alhpa issue is fixed in newer versions,
and make a pr if needed.

-- 
Sten Spans

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen - Anthem



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