Re: [Bug-cpio] Bug-cpio lost timestamp and lost owner in 2.9

[Mike Frysinger]

On Saturday 14 February 2009 21:42:48 Clint Adams wrote:
> 3) pack old_cpio_header and old_ascii_header structs to avoid breakage
>    on old ARM ABI.

while it shows up with ARM OABI, it's a general bug that can show up on other 
systems as well.  if you're overlaying a random struct straight onto a file, 
then it needs to be packed or the reading has to be done manually (i.e. copy 
it one member at a time).
-mike

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