Re: libc6 2.1.94 still lacks LFS
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 11:20:35AM +0200, Nils Rennebarth wrote:
> I tried to upgrade my box running 2.4.0-test9 to the latest and greatest
> libc6, version 2.1.94-3 and was dissappointed to see it still lacks
> large file support:
>
> $ ls -l /home/nils
> ls: /home/nils/large.tmp: Value too large for defined data type
> total 2
> drwx------ 2 nils nils 48 Sep 13 17:40 privat
> drwxrwsr-x 8 nils src 1192 Jul 24 11:10 src
>
> (it should list a file large.tmp, 3GB in size)
> Will this be corrected? I know I could recompile libc6 if I really needed
> this feature. Just asking.
As I've said before, once the ports compile and make available 2.4.0
header packages, libc6 wont be compiled against them, and thus wont have
support for LFS.
Ben
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