[Bug libc/1017] gethostid should not sign-extend ids on 64-bit hosts

drepper at redhat dot com sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org
Thu Sep 22 17:25:00 GMT 2005


------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com  2005-09-22 17:25 -------
The code as it is now is correct.  Sign extension is necessary.  If you want to
complain, track down the person who starting using a signed value for such an
obvious unsigned use case.

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1017

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