Source: MontaVista Software, Inc.
Type: Defect Fix
Disposition: needs submitting to apt-rpm.org
Description:
                With this patch, apt-rpm no longer causes an
                alignment trap on arm processors when built
                with gcc-4.2.

diff -Nru apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.clean/apt-pkg/contrib/md5.h apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.fix/apt-pkg/contrib/md5.h
--- apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.clean/apt-pkg/contrib/md5.h	2008-01-10 10:14:44.000000000 -0800
+++ apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.fix/apt-pkg/contrib/md5.h	2008-01-10 10:16:39.000000000 -0800
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
 
 class MD5Summation
 {
-   unsigned char Buf[4*4];
-   unsigned char Bytes[2*4];
-   unsigned char In[16*4];
+   unsigned char Buf[4*4] __attribute__((aligned(8)));
+   unsigned char Bytes[2*4] __attribute__((aligned(8)));
+   unsigned char In[16*4] __attribute__((aligned(8)));
    bool Done;
    
    public:
diff -Nru apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.clean/apt-pkg/rpm/rpmhandler.cc apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.fix/apt-pkg/rpm/rpmhandler.cc
--- apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.clean/apt-pkg/rpm/rpmhandler.cc	2008-01-10 10:14:44.000000000 -0800
+++ apt-0.5.15lorg3.2.fix/apt-pkg/rpm/rpmhandler.cc	2008-01-10 10:44:21.000000000 -0800
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 // suitable for those versions. For rpm >= 4.2.1 this is linked with
 // promoteepoch behavior - if promoteepoch is used then epoch hiding must
 // not happen.
-bool HideZeroEpoch;
+bool HideZeroEpoch __attribute__ ((aligned (4)));
 
 string RPMHandler::Epoch()
 {