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(sortlines_temp): Redo previous change, since I'm no longer confident
authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Fri, 7 Oct 2005 18:48:28 +0000 (18:48 +0000)
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Fri, 7 Oct 2005 18:48:28 +0000 (18:48 +0000)
that the m4/stdbool.m4 patch suffices.

src/sort.c

index 7b736c1524a95e1a2578861a713ea8756763fcd7..7de1a41fe2e0cc5eeb76e9ca5aaee1b34377de93 100644 (file)
@@ -1720,7 +1720,10 @@ sortlines_temp (struct line *lines, size_t nlines, struct line *temp)
 {
   if (nlines == 2)
     {
-      bool swap = (0 < compare (&lines[-1], &lines[-2]));
+      /* Declare `swap' as int, not bool, to work around a bug
+        <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2005-10/msg00086.html>
+        in the IBM xlc 6.0.0.0 compiler in 64-bit mode.  */
+      int swap = (0 < compare (&lines[-1], &lines[-2]));
       temp[-1] = lines[-1 - swap];
       temp[-2] = lines[-2 + swap];
     }