[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1430: Buffer overrun in vector/diglib dig__fread_port_L with big-endian negative values on LP64 systems

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#1430: Buffer overrun in vector/diglib dig__fread_port_L with big-endian negative
values on LP64 systems
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 Reporter:  rroliver                         |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  defect                           |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal                           |   Milestone:                           
Component:  Vector                           |     Version:  svn-trunk                
 Keywords:  diglib portable LP64 big-endian  |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  All                              |  
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Comment(by mmetz):

 Replying to [comment:4 hamish]:
 > Replying to [comment:3 mmetz]:
 > > Replying to [comment:2 hamish]:
 > > > Replying to mmetz in #2085:
 > > > > It seems that r47992 needs to be backported (see also #1430).
 > > >
 > > > ok, I guess the portable.c part of r56890 wants backporting too?
 > >
 > > Right, done in r57855,6.
 >
 > a sincere thank you, but **please** let changes to the core libraries
 prove themselves in devbr6 for a couple weeks before backporting into
 relbr64.

 The change works in relbr64 with Fedora for ppc64. It seems that devbr6
 will not get tested any time soon.

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