[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Linux saved game crashes client on Solaris (PR#1522)

[Per I Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 31 May 2002, Raimar Falke wrote:
> > > Attributes aren't endian safe. CMA uses attributes.
> >
> > Shouldn't they be?  savegames are supposed to be portable?

> There is no easy way to make this automatic. It would only affect
> clients which switch during a game the architecture. IMHO the
> cost-benefit ratio isn't nice. I would vote to list it as a limitation.

If we cannot fix endianness of attributes, then we have to detect wrong
endianness, stop freeciv from loading the data, and regenerate it somehow.

I don't have problem with dropping worklists and recalculating CMA data,
but savegames _must_ be portable, otherwise we cannot have scenarios and
bug reports become more difficult.

This issue will make attributes less useful if left unsolved, as we always
have to have a backup solution and we cannot save critical data in it.

Yours,
Per

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