Problems using <varargs.h>

[Phil Farrell]

In article <1991May8.203720.6846 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs433aw at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Chris Houck) writes:
>Hi, I'm getting some really weird behavior with using the <varargs.h> package
>under Ultrix 4.1.   I'm trying to run the following program --- when the
>size of structure xxx is 12 or less I get the normal behavior, but when I
>increase xxx to size 16 (by uncommenting the "int d;" line) I don't get
>the correct values for the data I try to read with va_arg().

Well, I think you need to get on the phone to DEC Ultrix support and 
request the "ULTRIX XPG3 Upgrade" tape.  I do not have the tape, but 
I have the DEC document entitled "ULTRIX/UWS Version 4.1 XPG3 Upgrade",
DEC order # AA-PE9UA-TE, which states:
	"On RISC platforms, the default system C compiler does not 
	correctly handle the varargs calling sequence when structures
	are passed.  However, pointers, integers, and floating point
	numbers are handled correctly.  The ULTRIX/UWS Version 4.1
	XPG3 Upgrade release includes a new version of the C compiler
	that corrects this problem."

-Phil Farrell, Computer Systems Manager
Stanford University School of Earth Sciences
farrell at pangea.stanford.edu