openssh unix dev - Jan 2003 - [Bug 464] sshd seems to corrupt the wtmpx

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464





------- Additional Comments From pas50 at cam.ac.uk  2003-01-09 02:11 -------
This is apparently a bug with compiling in 64 bit. 
David foster saw this. 
http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2002-October/004018.html



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Some how I find this to be very suspect.  Do you have any documentation to
back this up in general?

- Ben

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Carson Gaspar wrote:
>
>
> --On Thursday, January 09, 2003 04:46:58 +1100 bugzilla-daemon at
mindrot.org
> wrote:
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> > ------- Additional Comments From mouring at eviladmin.org  2003-01-09
04:46
> > ------- I really want to know why people are compiling software in
64bit
> > when there is  zero logical reason.  Nor any physical gain.   A lot of
> > 64bit platforms have  issues with their [uw]tmp[.] files while
crossing
> > from 32bit to 64bit due to  alignments and such.  However, no one has
> > bother to give me a good reason why  the code should be #ifdef/#endif
to
> > hell to support a behavior.
>
> OpenSSL is significantly faster when compiled 64-bit. In order to use this
> faster library, ssh must be compiled 64-bit.
>
> --
> Carson
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------- Additional Comments From pas50 at cam.ac.uk  2003-01-09 04:07 -------
Checked against latest snapshot.Problem is still there.



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------- Additional Comments From mouring at eviladmin.org  2003-01-09 04:46
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I really want to know why people are compiling software in 64bit when there is 
zero logical reason.  Nor any physical gain.   A lot of 64bit platforms have 
issues with their [uw]tmp[.] files while crossing from 32bit to 64bit due to 
alignments and such.  However, no one has bother to give me a good reason why 
the code should be #ifdef/#endif to hell to support a behavior.



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--On Thursday, January 09, 2003 04:46:58 +1100 bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org 
wrote:
> ------- Additional Comments From mouring at eviladmin.org  2003-01-09 04:46
> ------- I really want to know why people are compiling software in 64bit
> when there is  zero logical reason.  Nor any physical gain.   A lot of
> 64bit platforms have  issues with their [uw]tmp[.] files while crossing
> from 32bit to 64bit due to  alignments and such.  However, no one has
> bother to give me a good reason why  the code should be #ifdef/#endif to
> hell to support a behavior.
OpenSSL is significantly faster when compiled 64-bit. In order to use this 
faster library, ssh must be compiled 64-bit.

-- 
Carson

> > when there is  zero logical reason.  Nor any physical gain.   A lot of
> > 64bit platforms have  issues with their [uw]tmp[.] files while
crossing
> > from 32bit to 64bit due to  alignments and such.  However, no one has
> > bother to give me a good reason why  the code should be #ifdef/#endif
to
> > hell to support a behavior.
> 
> OpenSSL is significantly faster when compiled 64-bit. In order to use this
> faster library,
This is not true. If properly configured 32-bit build provides
equivalent (if not better performance) than 64-bit builds on most
platforms. Probably the only exclusion is x86_64 and only when it comes
to PKI operations. If you feel like challenging my statement, define
"significantly," "faster" and specify platform. A.

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------- Additional Comments From pas50 at cam.ac.uk  2003-01-09 19:29 -------
It is simple laziness. We have applications that require 64 bit. We therefor
have to have to libraries compiled in 64 bit. Rather than build two copies of
all the libraries we build everything in 64 bit.  




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