[RFA] Large corefile support; Was: [wip]

[Andrew Cagney]

> Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> 
>> Here's todays version.  It now uses autoconf magic to hard-wire the
>> underlying type of file_ptr.  I've used the heuristic:
>> 
>> if fseeko64 && ftello64
>> 	there must be off64_t
>> 	make file_ptr 64-bit
>> else if fseeko && ftello
>> 	there must be off_t >= sizeof long
>> 	make file_ptr 64-bit (if off_t is 8) or long otherwize
>> else
>> 	make file_ptr long
>> fi
>> 
>> I've called the internal functions "real_fseek" and "real_fread" (to
>> match real_read).  The header "bfdio.h" makes them available to
>> "cache.c".
>> 
>> My bigcore GDB testcase (along with the rest of the GDB testsuite look
>> ok).  Need to double check the binutils testsuite.
>> 
>> After that, ok?
> 
> 
> No need to create bfdio.h.  Just put the declarations in libbfd-in.h.
> They will wind up in libbfd.h.

Ahhhhhh!

> Otherwise this is OK.  Thanks.

ok, will double-cross-test then commit.

Andrew