[patch] off_t

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 23:36 -0700, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Another (not so harmless) off_t-patch, furthermore gradually approaching
> > the dark sides of libapt's internals.
> >
> > Remark: This patch is the result of eliminating a couple of dubious
> > typecasts in apt-pkg/acquire-item.cc, and back-tracking them into other
> > files.
> 
> Hmm, did you notice something breaking with this patch
Nope ...

>  or is the "not so 
> harmless" just a warning for breakage potential? :)
Yes, ... apt and rpm are sooo broken when it comes to type sizes, you
never can be sure. As this patch touches one of the central spots of
apt's brokenness, it is carries a non-zero probability to break
something.

Ralf