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Re: biarch gcc


On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 05:46:47PM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> writes:
> 
> [...]
> > Secondly, getting header files right is not so easy.  Typically, some 32
> > bit headers are different from the corresponding 64 bit header.  It's
> > possible to hack around this problem by creating lots of stubs that test
> > __powerpc64__ and then include the real header, or by using esoteric
> > -isystem gcc options.  You also need to deal with patched headers
> > installed by fixincludes, which might get in the way of such hacks.
> 
> The Glibc headers for sparc, s390 and x86_64 were written with that in
> mind and do not have any problems that I'm aware of.  What problems
> exactly do you have?

On ppc* there are no problems either AFAIK, with the exception of struct utmp
and lastlog, which is stuck because of apps doing direct access to the
files.

	Jakub


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