Re: large files: when ubiquitous?

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Date: 05/09/04 

Date: 9 May 2004 01:25:09 GMT

On Fri, 07 May 2004 20:39:14 +0200 Kasper Dupont <kasperd@daimi.au.dk> wrote:

| There is a dependency because you need to compile all
| the essential programs. (Whether it is done on your
| own computer or your distribution comes with binaries
| doesn't change the fact, that they have to be
| compiled somewhere).
|
| So if you just change the default all those programs
| might start failing.

And how long have they had to fix those problems? We're only talking
about the essential programs here, not a full distribution suite.

| I have seen some bugs where the highmost bits were
| ignored. I think only the lowermost 48 bits were
| actually used. So for offsets that would not fit in
| 48 bits you would apparantly get success for an
| operation, that should have returned an error code.
|
| I have seen systems without this bug, and I really
| don't know if it is a glibc or a kernel problem.

If you are not sure if you know how to swim, dive in and find out (with
a lifeguard in the pool, of course).

|> Do you know of any such programs I could take over?
|
| No, I don't know about any specific programs. But I
| think you would find some if you tried compiling a
| complete distribution with 64 bit file offsets by
| default. Hopefully you would notice most of them at
| compile time.

Hopefully. If not, maybe people will try it out. 

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