Re: Possible byte-order problems in TeX format files with -rc1
Olaf Weber <[email protected]>
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nix writes:
> I'm sharing format, pool and base files between a sparc64 (32-bit
> userspace) box and an i386 box --- or I was; but between 20021225 and
> -rc1, the byte-order independence of these files has broken, even
> without NO_DUMP_SHARE; all .base, .fmt. .efmt and .mem files differ
> between those platforms now.
The date and time is stored in the format, resolution is a minute.
When comparing the formats with 'cmp' verify how many bytes differ.
If it is one or two bytes at offsets 97568 or 97567 you should be ok.
If you generate the files on different dates, there will be more
differences.
--
Olaf Weber
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