And, in case the explicit cast made you feel icky, this is a different
patch that also gets the job done, by keeping the 64-bit type, but
performing the byte swap correctly:
==============
--- apt-1.0.2ubuntu1/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc 2014-04-25 05:49:56.000000000
-0600
+++ apt-1.0.2ubuntu3/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc 2014-04-25 20:03:33.000000000
-0600
@@ -1888,10 +1888,7 @@
}
#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
- uint32_t tmp_size = size;
- uint8_t const * const p = (uint8_t const * const) &tmp_size;
- tmp_size = (p[3] << 24) | (p[2] << 16) | (p[1] << 8) | p[0];
- size = tmp_size;
+ size = le64toh(size);
#endif
if (lseek(iFd, oldPos, SEEK_SET) < 0)
==============
Use whichever appeals more, either should fix the issue. :)
... Adam
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