[PATCH] Use *stat64 instead of *stat in installed programs
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Fri Apr 12 13:02:00 GMT 2013
On 04/11/2013 10:36 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
>> May I commit this if I adjust the ChangeLog and mention the bug in NEWS?
>
> The change is OK with the BZ# in the log entry. But I don't think the bug
> should be marked closed until we make all the programs consistent in using
> *stat64 everywhere. So it would be better if you can just post a new
> version of the patch that covers everything.
Do you refer to libc-internal uses of *stat, or the use of 64-bit
interfaces in the helper programs?
In the latter case, it probably makes sense to compile them with
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64, making the existing patch redundant.
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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team
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