Re: __packed__ attribute ignored

[Helge Kruse]

Am 16.01.2021 um 13:58 schrieb Tony Theodore:
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>> On 16 Jan 2021, at 23:08, Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com> wrote:
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>>> On 31 Dec 2020, at 21:17, Helge Kruse <Helge.Kruse@gmx.net> wrote:
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>>> How should that be fixed?
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>> Thanks for the detailed report, I've raised
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>> https://github.com/mxe/mxe/issues/2607
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> See:
>   https://github.com/mxe/mxe/issues/2607#issuecomment-761558746
>   https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87344
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> compiling with `-mno-ms-bitfields` will do what you expect.

Yes, this might be the case. It is a workaround for the MWE (minimum
working example) in my mail.

But it brings in an unnecessary difference to the standard GCC. So you
need to change any project that uses packed structs just for compiling
it with MXE. I think MXE should behave like normal GCC.

Regards,
Helge