Re: 64-bit stat (or not) in 32-bit Fedora binaries

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Once upon a time, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Florian Weimer (fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx) 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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