Re: btrfs loses 32-bit application compatibility after a while

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* Demi Marie Obenour:

> From this thread, it appears that non-LFS 32-bit software is fundamentally
> unsupportable in the long run, just like software with 32-bit time_t is
> unsupportable.  That leaves two options:
>
> 1. Break the ABI, preferably in such a way that causes non-LFS
>    code to fail at load time rather than crashing.
>
> 2. Drop 32-bit support from the distribution altogether.
>
> It looks like trying to keep 32-bit non-LFS software working will be an
> endless time sink and is not sustainable in the long term.

My impression is different.  It's btrfs that is a poor choice for people
who want to run 32-bit software, have a lot of file creations/deletions,
and do not want to reformat and reinstall periodically.  The situation
with XFS, for example, is different because you can supply the inode32
mount option and get 32-bit applications going again, maybe after making
in-place copies of a few files.

Thanks,
Florian
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