Subject: Re: tcpdump(8) file format on 64bit arch
To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/11/2000 08:49:54
On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 09:23:14PM +0900, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> at this moment, netbsd-current tcpdump(8) writes out "struct timeval"
> into packet dump file (like -w). this constitutes file incompatibility
> between 32bit arch and 64bit arch. tcpdump.org codebase now always
> emit 32bit timeval. Is it okay if I bring in this change?
Hm. tcpdump.org should always emit a 64-bit timeval! They clearly
weren't planning ahead on this one.
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