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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-01-21 22:00:32 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-01-21 22:00:32 +0000
commit0199f37303fb72d0eb92e17e1817bf403783e555 (patch)
tree6a642c2ab4d47f1a52a4fef4cc6e9426e616aa9d /src/comm.c
parent8ecf5f402d81bb5ccce570457b1aed10c23a416c (diff)
downloadcoreutils-0199f37303fb72d0eb92e17e1817bf403783e555.tar.xz
(compare_files): Don't assume that the difference
between two size_t values can be stored in an int; this doesn't work, for example, on 64-bit Solaris.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/comm.c')
-rw-r--r--src/comm.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/comm.c b/src/comm.c
index 183ce35b1..568968fd1 100644
--- a/src/comm.c
+++ b/src/comm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* comm -- compare two sorted files line by line.
- Copyright (C) 86, 90, 91, 1995-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 86, 90, 91, 1995-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ compare_files (char **infiles)
size_t len = min (thisline[0]->length, thisline[1]->length) - 1;
order = memcmp (thisline[0]->buffer, thisline[1]->buffer, len);
if (order == 0)
- order = thisline[0]->length - thisline[1]->length;
+ order = (thisline[0]->length < thisline[1]->length
+ ? -1
+ : thisline[0]->length != thisline[1]->length);
}
}