Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 11/03/84 (WLS Mods); site astrovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!wls From: wls@astrovax.UUCP (William L. Sebok) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: massive type confusion [in 4.2bsd] Message-ID: <510@astrovax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 13:31:46 EST Article-I.D.: astrovax.510 Posted: Sat Dec 8 13:31:46 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 03:45:45 EST References: <244@utcs.UUCP> <175@talcott.UUCP> Organization: Princeton Univ. Astrophysics Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.unix-wizards:10855 net.bugs.4bsd:1267 > > Description: > > These files use int where long is correct and fail to use > > the types defined in. > > Repeat-By: > > Lint a type-correct program that calls lseek, time and ctime > > and which passes lint on v7 (not 4.1BSD, not 2BSD). Observe > > the utterly wrong and copious messages produced by lint. > > Fix: > > Edit llib-lc to use off_t instead of long where appropriate > > No, don't do it! This would make llib-lc incompatible with the manual > pages. That's just as bad. llib-lc should look like the manual pages > whenever possible. Do it right. Edit both llib-lc and the manual pages. I believe that we went through this discussion about two or three months ago. -- Bill Sebok Princeton University, Astrophysics {allegra,akgua,burl,cbosgd,decvax,ihnp4,noao,princeton,vax135}!astrovax!wls