[Bug libfortran/19303] New: Opteron problem when writing binary files: 8-byte record header instead of 4-byte record header

[milan at cmm dot ki dot si]

I am trying to read the binary files produced with amd64 on a 32 bit machine.
This is not possible because the record header changed from 4-bytes to 8-bytes.
Can this be fixed? Example program:

         write(1)'Z'
         end

produces fort.1 on opteron with the following content if opened in emacs:
^A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Z^A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@

But it produces:
^A^@^@^@Z^A^@^@^@

on 32 bit machine or using -m32 on opteron.

I beleive this is libfortran bug or feature, but I still thing the files should
be readable across the platforms, or there should be some compile time option
for this. I hope this is not against some stupid standard :-(

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           Summary: Opteron problem when writing binary files: 8-byte record
                    header instead of 4-byte record header
           Product: gcc
           Version: unknown
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: libfortran
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: milan at cmm dot ki dot si
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19303