"as" data alignment bug

[Sherbert, Shannon]

As version 2.10.91 from the IA64 Redhat release 7.1.

I Think there is a bug in the way "as" is aligning the data when I
compile and data assembly file. For example the following snippit does
not compile correctly.

Testasm:
        .byte 0x11 0x22 0x33 0x44 0x55 0x66
             .word 0x0077
             .byte 0x88
             .word 0x0099
             .word 0x00aa
             .byte 0xbb
             .byte 0xcc
             .byte 0xdd
        
            .end


this would fit a structure that looks like this C style:

#pragma pack(1)
struct _testasm
{
      char bytes[6];
      short word1;
       char byte1;
      short word2;
      short word3;
      char byte2[3];
}
#pragma pack()
      
  
when I compile the Assembly above I get this

11 22 33 44 55 66 77 00 88 00 99 00 aa 00 bb cc
dd

but I am expecting

11 22 33 44 55 66 77 00 88 99 00 aa 00 bb cc dd

I have tried many different options in "info as"(like .balign, .align,
etc)  but none seem to make any difference. 

The IA32 "as" compiles this as I would expect it to.

Thank
Shannon