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List:       crux
Subject:    Re: LFS in Crux 1.3
From:       Martin Rehr <martin () rehr ! dk>
Date:       2003-12-16 22:01:59
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On Tuesday 16 December 2003 22:46, Per Liden wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Martin Rehr wrote:
> > On Tuesday 16 December 2003 21:35, Martin Rehr wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 16 December 2003 21:05, Per Liden wrote:
> > > > Make sure the program in question is written/compiled to use the LFS
> > > > API.
> > >
> > > Ahh then it must be gunzip which need a recompile with LFS support, i
> > > will try that.
> >
> > I recompiled gzip with the CFLAGS: -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
> > -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE and now it works with large files > 2 giga, any
> > reason why gzip is'nt compiled with that as default on Crux 1.3 ?
>
> I would like to see some sort of blessing from a gzip developer before I
> feel confident in enabling that by default. As you know it's important
> that the program is properly written with regards to off_t.

Check

> I had a quick look at Fedora and Gentoo, none of them enables this by
> default so I'd rather stay safe than risk breaking it, especially when
> this feature isn't critical for most users.

That's understandable, I was just wondering, but know that i know what to do 
whenever my app's does'nt support large files im a happy camper :)

/ Martin

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