Re: Testing Large File Support (LFS)
Anand Kumria writes:
>
>I'm just wondering if there is an automated way that we can test programs
>and/or packages to determine if they have working large file support?
>
>I've stumbled onto problems in this area, in the past, with Apache and
>Apache2 (fixed upstream but won't be making sarge) and with things like
>wget (no idea about status).
>
>Today I was hit but uw-imapd not working with >2G mailboxes.
>
>I'm hoping there is some automated tool we can use rather than having to
>find and then report bugs as we go.
Hmmm. That's easier said than done, surely? Maybe you could scan
binaries to see whether they're using the LFS versions of libc
functions, but that's not a guarantee that the program does the right
thing internally.
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