Re: textutils -> od 2.0.14 bug - solved

[Tony Kocurko]

Hi,

  Further to my previous post, the problem occurs when one types
this:

# od --format=f8 --width=8 < input_file

Then one gets this message:

od: warning: invalid width 8; using 12 instead

Regards,
Tony Kocurko - Memorial University of Newfoundland

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Hi,

  I believe that lines 137 and 138 of od.c ought to be changed
from this:

  sizeof (long int),
  sizeof (float),

to this:

  sizeof (long int),
  sizeof (long long),
  sizeof (float),

  Without that change on our RedHat Linux 7.2 Intel systems, the
"od -t f8" command complains about an incorrect size and
substitutes a size of 12 for a double, rather than using the 8
that it should.

Cheers,
Tony Kocurko

Seismological Systems Manager   (Phone: 709-737-8898 or -8142)
Department of Earth Sciences
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B 3X5

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