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Re: using _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 with a non-gcc compiler
- To: Bruno Haible <haible at ilog dot fr>
- Subject: Re: using _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 with a non-gcc compiler
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 12 Nov 2001 09:50:06 -0800
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <15343.63100.268838.501398@honolulu.ilog.fr>
- Reply-to: drepper at redhat dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr> writes:
> Programs that use _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 with a non-gcc compiler get warnings
> when using 'readdir'. One such program is gzip-1.3:
There is no way the transparent renaming can work corectly and sanely
without compiler support. All compilers which have to handle this do
(just look at Solaris). Adding the patches you propose is wrong since
the application namespace is changed.
Simply disable LFS for such compilers.
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