Re: Bug#106822: mmv does not work with files larger than 2GB
Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de> writes:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 06:11:30PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > mmv uses some stat() incarnation at some point, which files if a file
> > is larger than 2 GB. The programs should probably be compiled with
> > large file support on x86.
>
> i wonder why... is it checking the file size?
No, I think it's checking if a name refers to a directory, a link, or
a file, or something like that.
> Does it have problems on large files? Is there a general policy
> discussion on large file support? I havent found one...
I have started one. People seem to suggest to file bugs for each
package and do not agree that explicit wording is required.
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