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From: Dean Roth <Dean.Roth@mixcom.com>
Subject: Re: compiler problems
Message-ID: <1995May7.144022.851@mixcom.com>
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In <1995May6.022930.27869@mixcom.com> Dean Roth <Dean.Roth@mixcom.com> writes:

>Several programs that I've used for years are failing under BSDI 2.0, which
>is the first version of BSDI I've used. I've traced the problem to sprint
>function calls like the one below.

The problem has been identified. The problem is caused by off_t being a long
long in BSDI (64 bits rather than 32). That caused s/f/printf to fail.
Changing the print format solves the problem. "off_t" is used by several
popular programs, such as wuftpd and nn.

Dean