Fail to build on sparc64: mismatched types for TvUsecType
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Description
I'm evaluating the portability status of an application that is using libpnet. It turns out libpnet doesn't build on sparc64:
error[E0308]: mismatched types
--> pnet_sys/src/unix.rs:97:22
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97 | tv_usec: dur.subsec_micros() as TvUsecType,
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ expected `i32`, found `i64`
For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0308`.
error: could not compile `pnet_sys` due to previous error
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Research direction
Start in pnet_sys/src/unix.rs around line 97 and inspect the definition of TvUsecType for sparc64 and other Unix targets. Reproduce the reported build or type-check on sparc64, then verify that pnet_sys builds successfully without breaking the existing platform-specific definitions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system, networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100