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Re: 1.5.0 release text
On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 07:35:17PM -0400, Nicholas Wourms wrote:
> vinschen@redhat.com wrote:
> > off_t was 32 bit, so not allowing to seek more than 2 Megs and to
> ^^^^
> > show filesizes over 2 Megs correctly. This has been changed to
> ^^^^
> > 64 bit, allowing to access all files correctly.
>
> Don't you mean Gigs? Also, perhaps you might want to mention that this
Sure.
> brings us into compliance with the LFS extension of the SuS. I'm used
> to using the 3 macros -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE, -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE,
> -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS? with linux, but I take it that this is handled
> transparently in Cygwin [iff you are using the latest headers and dll]?
Yes.
> I want to be clear on this so that I can release updated packages as
> soon as the new dll hits the mainstream. Unfortunately, I do not have
> 2gb free to be able to test it out for myself...
Just create spare files by seeking a lot beyond current EOF. These
files might even be bigger than your partition. ;-) Well, you need
an NT system and NTFS, obviously.
Thanks,
Corinna
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