Once upon a time, Bill Nottingham <notting(a)redhat.com> said:
Florian Weimer (fweimer(a)redhat.com) said:
> If we add -DFILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 to the default CFLAGS, this comes
> pretty close to an ABI bump. But considering the numbers, I wonder
> if it's the right thing to do if we need to cope with 64-bit inode
> numbers.
It's kind of a shame we just did the mass rebuild, if we're
going to have to do part of it again if we change this.
I don't think you should add that to unsuspecting code. It isn't
default because it can create incompatible libraries, can break code
that doesn't use the right types.
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
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