Bug#34659: marked as done (libc6-dev: bits/endian.h broken for PPC (wishful thinking re: gcc))
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On PowerPC, bits/endian.h apparently expects gcc to magically set __BIG_ENDIAN
or __LITTLE_ENDIAN, depending on which mode the processor is currently using.
>From the source:
/* PowerPC can be little or big endian. Hopefully gcc will know... */
No, gcc does not know. This simply doesn't work, it has to be set by a header
file. As far as I know, it should just be set to __BIG_ENDIAN, I don't think
there's any way for Linux to use little-endian mode.
-Randy
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Versions of the packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii libc6 2.0.100-2 The GNU C library version 2 (run-time files)
ii gcc 2.91.58-2.1 The GNU (egcs) C compiler.
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:27:54 -0700
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From: Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#34659: libc6-dev: bits/endian.h broken for PPC (wishful
thinking re: gcc)
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Since upstream says this isn't a bug, I'm closing it.
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Joel Klecker (aka Espy) <URL:mailto:espy@debian.org>
Debian Package Maintainer for the GNU C Library.
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