Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: Bad LALIGN(p) define for pdp11 in sysmacros.h Message-ID: <11150@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 25 Sep 89 01:25:34 GMT References: <2721@trantor.harris-atd.com> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 21 In article <2721@trantor.harris-atd.com> bbadger@x102c.harris-atd.com (Badger BA 64810) writes: >Now the LALIGN(p) matches the one defined for when >``#if vax | i386'' is in effect (not shown here). Yeah, and now you've broken it. PDP-11 longs need be aligned only on a word boundary, not on a longword boundary. >1. Technical: Is it really a good idea to convert to (int)? On a PDP-11, sure. >2. Procedural: What's the official way to submit these things to ATT? Submit a software trouble report. If you have subscribed to the appropriate level of software support, you should have a folder that contains forms and instructions. >Is there an ATT network address which accepts bug reports, like Sun has? There is (or was) a command "trenter" that would guide you through the steps of filling out a trouble report then e-mail it somewhere.