AIX status

[Ulrich Drepper]

David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com> writes:

> 	Ulrich, if I only set _XOPEN_SOURCE=500, then it appears
> _LARGE_FILE_API is not defined which omits the definition of off64_t and
> the 64-bit I/O calls.  Those are extensions.

Then add _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1.  If this does not work AIX does not
comply with LFS and it is a case for fixinclude.

> 	I am really disappointed by the unprofessional, disparagin tone
> that some people are taking.

What has this to do with unprofessionality?  You demand that people
care for a system which makes it far too hard for developers to use
it.  How else can you explain that every single other system is
already support, only AIX not?  You can be happy to have talked Mark
into accepting a working AIX port as a release criteria for 3.0.  This
is a foolish decision he made but then it is only your's and Mark's
problem.

Changing a lot in the current sources is wrong.  Instead make AIX
easier to use by aligning it with other systems.

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