Alexander Hansen wrote:
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> monipol wrote:
>> On 31/08/2009, at 16:05, Alexander Hansen wrote:
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>>> Jack Howarth wrote:
>>>>   Can someone help me to add a FAQ entry in...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.finkproject.org/faq/comp-general.php?phpLang=en
>>>>
>>>> concerning gcc error messages that are significant for
>>>> 64-bit code compilations? In particular we need to add
>>>> a question for...
>>>>
>>>> Q6.25: I get warnings "cast to pointer from integer of different  
>>>> size" or
>>>> "initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast" when  
>>>> compiling
>>>> at -m64.
>>>>
>>>> Errors of the form "cast to pointer from integer of different size"  
>>>> and
>>>> "initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast" can  
>>>> cause latent
>>>> bugs at -m64 since, if the size of the integer is greater than the  
>>>> pointer,
>>>> unwanted sign extension could occur. For example...
>>>>
>>>> (unsigned long long)((void *)(0xdeadbeef)))
>>>>
>>>> could show the result as 0xffffffffdeadbeef instead of the intended
>>>> 0xdeadbeef. The fix is just to cast the pointer uintptr_t first so
>>>> that...
>>>>
>>>>  if (xim_info->current_xics == (XContext) NULL)
>>>>
>>>> becomes...
>>>>
>>>>  if (xim_info->current_xics == (XContext)(uintptr_t) NULL)
>>>>
>>>> to eliminate the incorrect cast and insure that the pointer is
>>>> correctly used.
>>> That could be done, sure.  Though that seems to me more like something
>>> that maintainers might have a need for than casual users, the target
>>> audience of the FAQ.
>>
>> How about creating a new document for maintainers, sort of a knowledge  
>> base? It could use the same structure our FAQ document uses.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> --
>> monipol
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>>
>> Submitting a Fink bug report? Read this:
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>> http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/bug-reports/
>>
>>
> 
> We do have the "advanced topics guide", too; which currently just has
> how to set up a binary distribution server.
> 
> - --
> Alexander Hansen
> Fink User Liaison

I would hope to find it in the packaging manual:
http://www.finkproject.org/doc/packaging/index.php

--Robert

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