[Chicken-janitors] Re: #372: make check error on Linux/PPC (Error: assertion failed: (= -1 (pointer-s8-ref some-chunk)))

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#372: make check error on Linux/PPC (Error: assertion failed: (= -1
(pointer-s8-ref some-chunk)))
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  Reporter:  mario     |       Owner:            
      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new       
  Priority:  major     |   Milestone:  4.7.0     
 Component:  compiler  |     Version:  4.5.0     
Resolution:            |    Keywords:  make check
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Comment(by sjamaan):

 Just checked and it fails here too (NetBSD/macppc). This is the old
 "characters are unsigned by default on some platforms" problem we've had
 before in the FFI.

 This means "char *" is equivalent to "unsigned char *", which is easy to
 fix; just put an explicit "signed" in front of each bare "char". A patch
 follows.

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