Re: address@hidden: Bug#54539: freetype2 abuses va_arg]

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 09:22:15AM +0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> > The attached patch fixes a va_arg problem in freetype [1.]2 that
> > prevents it from building on powerpc.  If you don't have time to NMU
> > in the next day or to, I will, unless you have a strong objection.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > -  numCR = va_arg(vp, UShort);
> > +  numCR = (UShort)va_arg(vp, int);
> 
> Are you sure this is a bug of ttf2pfb and not a bug of Linux resp. gcc
> on a PowerPC?

PowerPC had substantially more brain-damaged va_arg support than most
other platforms until recently, and thus was the first to get
re-written.  So, at present, it is the only architecture which rejects
such code with an error (and not a terribly clear error, either).  A
very near future version of gcc will reject it on any platform.

Dan

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