Bug#44654: dpkg: seg faults w/2.3.17; problem traced to sysinfo() call

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

>  	unsigned long bufferram;	/* Memory used by buffers */
> -	unsigned long totalbig;		/* Total big memory size */
> -	unsigned long freebig;		/* Available big memory size */
>  	unsigned long totalswap;	/* Total swap space size */
>  	unsigned long freeswap;		/* swap space still available */
>  	unsigned short procs;		/* Number of current processes */
> +	unsigned long totalbig;		/* Total big memory size */
> +	unsigned long freebig;		/* Available big memory size */
> +	char _f[22-2*sizeof(long)];	/* Padding: libc5 uses this.. */
>  };
>  
>  #endif
> 
> ...Not sure what the original point of this patch is, but reversing it
> makes things work agian.

It puts everyhing back as it was in 2.2.x. However due to alignment it should
be 20- on x86.