[Zlib-devel] Fwd: Buffer alignment problem on the Intel compiler

[Mark Adler]

All,

The test file for the bug report previously emailed out can be found  
here:

     http://zlib.net/tower-bug.gz

if anyone would like to try to duplicate it.  Thanks.

Mark


Begin forwarded message:
> From: Bryan Tower <bryan.tower at intelligentdiscovery.com>
> Date: April 3, 2007 5:21:25 PM PDT
> To: Mark Adler <madler at alumni.caltech.edu>
> Subject: Re: Buffer alignment problem on the Intel compiler
>
> Attached is a .gz file that exhibits the problem that I have  
> described.
> The program gets into the catch of the try block when it checks the  
> CRC
> at the end of the file.  The first occurrence of the actual problem
> occurs much before that.  It occurs between byte 25087 and byte  
> 25130 of
> the compressed file.  The first deflated byte that shows the  
> problem is
> byte 83459 it should be a 0 (zero), but it gets deflated to a 153
> (0x99).
>
>
> Please let me know if you have any more questions or need any more  
> help.
>
> Bryan
>
> On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 11:24 -0700, Mark Adler wrote:
>> On Mar 2, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Bryan Tower wrote:
>>> I am willing to give you sample files or do more diagnostics if you
>>> want
>>> me to.
>>
>> Bryan,
>>
>> Thank you for the report.  Can you send me a .gz file that reliably
>> exhibits the problem with the program you sent?
>>
>> Mark
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