Re: user/4606: cpio/pax is not 64 bit arch friendly

[Otto Moerbeek <otto_(_at_)_drijf_(_dot_)_net>]

The following reply was made to PR user/4606; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Otto Moerbeek <otto_(_at_)_drijf_(_dot_)_net>
To: peter_philipp_(_at_)_freenet_(_dot_)_de
Cc: gnats_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
Subject: Re: user/4606: cpio/pax is not 64 bit arch friendly
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:33:19 +0100 (CET)

 On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, peter_philipp_(_at_)_freenet_(_dot_)_de wrote:
 
 > >Number:         4606
 > >Category:       user
 > >Synopsis:       CRC in CPIO must be 32 bits, not so on 64 bit archs
 
 Your fix looks right. The cpio header has room for a n 8 bytes crc, but
 it is encoded in hex. Other formats do not use crc, so they are not affected.
 
 Two small nits inline
 
 > -	u_long crc = 0L;
 > +	u_int32_t crc = 0L;
 
 That should be 0
 
 > -	unsigned long crc = 0L;
 > +	u_int32_t crc = 0L;
 
 Again.
 
 	-Otto