From: "Pavel Novy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 9:08 AM
> I suggest to fix the problem as described (patch attached), even if it will be
>considered as CodeWarrior's bug (and fixed, then)
by Metrowerks or not. I've detailedly analyzed the issue and I see no way how to stay
backwardly compatible with this issue, so all
binaries for NetWare platform (Apache core+modules from CVS sources and all "3rd
party" external modules produced with CW) should be
re-built after the fix (if it will be commited) - it will not be possible to mix new
NLMs with older Apache core or modules.
>
> I have tested the fix with CW 5.3 and gcc 2.95.3 and it seems that alignment of
>problematic structures is the same (it differs
from current status quo, of course). The change in the source file shared on all
platforms is requested, so verification on these
ones will be needed. I don't expect problems (no change in alignment) on platforms
where the GNU stuff is used (gcc). Thanks.
Pavel,
I'm sorry, I cannot see this code change for the 1.3 generation. I sympathize that
the
implementors on the Netware platform refuse to see eye to eye (or even attempt to bring
some sort of compatiblity options to the table.) And the unsigned char solution is
very
slow, compared to integer manipulation, so I'm not sure we would choose that anyways.
Please bring this discussion to Apache 2.0. I know Brad Nicholes and company at
Novell
are working hard to support Apache 2.0. This implementation will be a far more secure
and
stable platform than the 1.3 hybrid/threaded implementations (win32/os2/netware etc.)
If we direct our energies at solving the problem there, and we can agree on a
mechansim,
I see this issue being resolved in Apache 2.0.
Bill
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> --- util_uri.h.orig Mon Feb 26 16:49:32 2001
> +++ util_uri.h Mon Aug 27 15:44:41 2001
> @@ -106,10 +106,10 @@
>
> unsigned short port; /* The port number, numeric, valid only if port_str !=
>NULL */
>
> - unsigned is_initialized:1;
> + unsigned char is_initialized:1;
>
> - unsigned dns_looked_up:1;
> - unsigned dns_resolved:1;
> + unsigned char dns_looked_up:1;
> + unsigned char dns_resolved:1;
>
> } uri_components;
>
>
