[Bug 464] sshd seems to corrupt the wtmpx

[Carson Gaspar]

--On Thursday, January 09, 2003 04:46:58 +1100 bugzilla-daemon at mindrot.org 
wrote:

> ------- Additional Comments From mouring at eviladmin.org  2003-01-09 04:46
> ------- I really want to know why people are compiling software in 64bit
> when there is  zero logical reason.  Nor any physical gain.   A lot of
> 64bit platforms have  issues with their [uw]tmp[.] files while crossing
> from 32bit to 64bit due to  alignments and such.  However, no one has
> bother to give me a good reason why  the code should be #ifdef/#endif to
> hell to support a behavior.

OpenSSL is significantly faster when compiled 64-bit. In order to use this 
faster library, ssh must be compiled 64-bit.

-- 
Carson