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    SubjectRe: PPC should not use -fno-builtin (was Re: 2.3.47 imac build?)
    On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 05:40:24PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
    > Michael Meissner wrote:
    > > long since dead, it is kind of hard to change for 32-bit land (obviously 64 bit
    > > land will have an different ABI).
    >
    > That is the crux of the matter.... In the PPC arch, size_t is
    > unconditionally the same whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit procesor...

    As far as I know, the 64-bit ppc compiler is still in development. Yes, size_t
    probably needs to be unsigned long for 64-bit targets, but it must be unsigned
    int for 32-bit targets, or PPC Linux has to use a different ABI....

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