Rhonda reminded me I forgot to backport 2008-03-18T18:05:09Z!koraq@xs4all.nl.

Fixes a SIGBUS error on Sparc machines.

changelog

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Version 1.4.2+svn:
-  * language and i18n:
-    * updated translations: Russian, Slovak
+ * language and i18n:
+   * updated translations: Russian, Slovak
+ * miscellaneous and bug fixes:
+   * fixed an alignement issue which caused a SIGBUS on a Sparc 
+     (debian bug #426318)
 
 Version 1.4.2:
  * campaigns

src/network_worker.cpp

@@ -366,7 +366,15 @@ static SOCKET_STATE send_buffer(TCPsocket sock, std::vector<char>& buf)
 
 static SOCKET_STATE receive_buf(TCPsocket sock, std::vector<char>& buf)
 {
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+	// The address needs to be aligned on a Sparc system, if it's not aligned
+	// the SDLNet_Read32 call will cause a SIGBUS and the server will be 
+	// terminated.
+	// http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=426318
+	char num_buf[4] __attribute__ ((aligned (4)));
+#else
 	char num_buf[4];
+#endif
 	bool res = receive_with_timeout(sock,num_buf,4,false);
 
 	if(!res) {