Bug#93481: pragma pack works on x86; ignored on arm

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 10:37:08PM -0400, Ben Darnell wrote:
> Package: gcc
> Version: 1:2.95.3-7
> Severity: normal
> 
> Pragma pack works as expected on x86, but is ignored on arm (test case at the
> end of this mail, verified on rameau.debian.org).  I understand that pragmas
> are deprecated in favor of __attribute__, but this breaks quite a bit of
> existing code (see, for example, bug #91911).  I think this should at
> least be consistent across all platforms supported by Debian.

Does it work with __attribute__ ((packed))?

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