Re: autoconf AC_SYS_LARGEFILE

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 07:28:35PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Everything works fine on my system here.  The relevant
> ./configure output is this:
> 
>     checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
>     checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
>     checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
> 
> This is correct: glibc doesn't need special C compiler options
> for large files, _FILE_OFFSET_BITS should be set to 64, and no
> _LARGE_FILES value is needed.
> 
> When I look at the generated config.h, I see this:
> 
>     /* Number of bits in a file offset, on hosts where this is settable. */
>     #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
> 
>     /* Define for large files, on AIX-style hosts. */
>     /* #undef _LARGE_FILES */

Both are undefined here, on i386.

For the configure output, I get a "no" instead of the 64.

Weird!
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>