>>>>> "Baruch" == Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Hi, >> The link Peter provided seems to be specific to glibc. The main >> point I want to bring is: would this change affect users with >> other setups? There are some users that compile it against FreeBSD >> and Android. Some compile using dietlibc or uclibc. Also, people >> build it against 32-bits and 64-bits on x86, arm and other archs. >> >> So, the question is: are you sure that the above change is also valid for >> *all* other environments? If not, I would be expecting it to be >> attached to some automake test, to be sure that it will be applied >> only to the affected setups. > Buildroot has been carrying this patch since 2012[1] with no one > complaining. Buildroot supports glibc, uClibc, and musl libc on a wide > range of architectures (x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, Sparc, xtensa, arc, and > more) both 32-bit and 64-bit. Indeed. I believe these comes from the single UNIX specification: http://www.unix.org/version2/whatsnew/lfs20mar.html#3.3 And these defines are what the AC_SYS_LARGEFILE autoconf macro uses: https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.65/html_node/System-Services.html -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard
