Hello Adrian,
Sorry for the late reply.
-=| John Paul Adrian Glaubitz, 15.07.2019 00:41:49 +0200 |=-
> Source: firebird3.0
> Version: 3.0.5.33100.ds4-3
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> User: debian-...@lists.debian.org
> Usertags: m68k
>
> firebird3.0 currently fails to build from source on m68k because the native
> alignment of 16 bits on this architecture causes the on-disk structures to
> have unexpected sizes.
>
> With the attached patch, padding is added to the affected on-disk structures
> such that the correct sizes are always guaranteed. Since this particular
> padding happens automatically and implicitly for architectures with 32 or
> 64 bits native alignment, the actual sizes and offsets of the on-disk
> structures do not change and therefore no compatibility break is going
> to occur.
>
> Using explicit padding has the advantage that the actual sizes and offsets
> are completely visible and transparent to anyone reading the code.
>
> I will forward this patch upstream.
Can you tell me where was the patch forwarded? I want to check whether
it is part of some upstream branch before applying it to the debian
package.
Thanks,
Damyan
