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[PATCH] maint: accommodate LP64 systems

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Message #46 received at 24311-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Peter Rosin <peda <at> lysator.liu.se>, 24311-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#24311: bug#24311: [PATCH] maint: accommodate
 LP64 systems
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 16:55:43 -0700

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Peter Rosin wrote:

> better patch might be a configure check to see
> if %td works, with machinery to set printint/pI to ptrdiff_t/"t" if it does and
> fall back to long int/"l" if it doesn't.

That'd be more work to develop and would be more likely to go wrong and would 
slow down 'configure'. I installed the attached patch instead.

> My main beef with the GCS on this issue is that it suggests that maintainers
> should not spend any time at all on this issue, as if that would be contrary
> to some other goal.

It sucks away resources that could be used to support more-important goals. 
We've already spent more time on Bug#24311 than the problem was worth. 
Maintainers should not expend any significant time going down this rabbit hole.

[0001-diff-don-t-assume-ptrdiff_t-long-long-int.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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