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Re: 64-bit OS with gcc 2.95.2
- To: pkurpis at keck dot hawaii dot edu (Peter Kurpis)
- Subject: Re: 64-bit OS with gcc 2.95.2
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Date: 13 Oct 2000 18:13:37 -0200
- Cc: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <200010132004.KAA02110@kalani.keck.hawaii.edu>
On Oct 13, 2000, pkurpis@keck.hawaii.edu (Peter Kurpis) wrote:
> gcc 2.95.2 is a 32-bit compiler. Should I expect
> problems making system calls, or library calls, into
> Solaris 2.7 native? (i.e. pointer problems)
Nope. If you get errors in system routines (malloc, just to pick a
common example), it's usually the case that your program corrupted
data structures. The change from one OS to another may have caused
things to end up in different positions of memory, and a hidden bug
ended up exposed.
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