[RFC] Make _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 default.

Rich Felker dalias@aerifal.cx
Mon Mar 24 15:27:00 GMT 2014


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 09:47:12AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> On 03/13/2014 11:26 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> >>It can be an ABI change to other people's sources as if they used
> >>off_t, now they have a different type.
> >
> >Yes, that is part of what an API change means: recompiling might produce a
> >different ABI.  That is one of the reasons why API changes require careful
> >consideration.  When we talk about an ABI change on this list, we are
> >talking about the ABIs of libraries our package installs.
> 
> Ah, then we're used to a different terminology.
> 
> In any case, I don't think it's prudent to make the change, unfortunately.

Perhaps you missed Paul Eggert's email (Message-ID:
<532CADFB.6000409@cs.ucla.edu>) which showed that it fixes more bugs
rather than creating them.

Rich



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