On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 12:07:17PM -0400, rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> What I get from Perl is
> $ perl -e '
> > my $bytes = "\1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8";
> > my $q = eval { unpack("Q>", $bytes) };
> > print "Q = ", defined($q) ? $q : "($@)", "\n";
> > my ($n1, $n2) = unpack("NN", $bytes);
> > print "n1 = $n1\n";
> > print "n2 = $n2\n";
> > print "computed quad = ", ($n1 << 32) | $n2, "\n"; '
> Q = (Invalid type 'Q' in unpack at -e line 3.
> )
> n1 = 16909060
> n2 = 84281144
> computed quad = 84281144
OK, that matches what I expected. Hopefully the patch I just sent (our
mails just crossed) will fix it for you.
> Because perl itself is 32-bit, not 64-bit on this platform. So even
> moving git to 64-bit will not correct the issue.
Yep, exactly.
-Peff
