Package: gcc Version: 2.95.4-16 Severity: normal This could be glibc error. Following program did not act as I expected.
/* * type cast/formatting bug check for GCC / GLIBC * (C) Osamu Aoki, Mon Sep 2 17:51:30 UTC 2002 */ #include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char *argv) { unsigned int b; unsigned long long int d; /* itry also unsigned long int */ b = 0xff; d = b; printf("Good %%X %%X %X %X\n", b, d); printf("Oops %%llX %%llX %llX %llX\n", b, d); printf("Oops %%llu %%llu %lli %llu\n", b, d); printf("Oops %%llX %%llX %llX %llX if casted to (unsigned int)\n", (unsigned int) b, (unsigned int) d); printf("Oops %%llX %%llX %llX %llX if casted to (unsigned long int)\n", (unsigned long int) b, (unsigned long int) d); printf("Oops %%lX %%lX %lX %lX if casted to (unsigned long long int)\n", (unsigned long long int) b, (unsigned long long int) d); printf("Good %%llX %%llX %llX %llX if casted to (unsigned long long int)\n", (unsigned long long int) b, (unsigned long long int) d); return(0); }; ---- Good %X %X FF FF Oops %llX %llX FF000000FF 80497CC00000000 Oops %llu %llu 1095216660735 577753554639388672 Oops %llX %llX FF000000FF 80497CC00000000 if casted to (unsigned int) Oops %llX %llX FF000000FF 80497CC00000000 if casted to (unsigned long int) Oops %lX %lX FF 0 if casted to (unsigned long long int) Good %llX %llX FF FF if casted to (unsigned long long int) This is not what I expected. (Please laugh at me if this is a FAQ of type conversion in C.) Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii libc6 2.2.5-11.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libc6-dev 2.2.5-11.1 GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Hea ii gcc 2.95.4-16 The GNU C compiler. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @ Cupertino, CA USA +