Re: Still have the open(2) problem

[Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>]

Dale Amon wrote:
> I still get an open(2) failure on a plain 3gb file
> created by dd if=/dev/zero.
> 
> I'm running a 2.4.3i now, no probs with the install;
> even got freeswan 1.9 patches to go in.
> 
> loop7 patches must be in the release because an attempt
> to add them says they are already there.
> 
> So I *still* can't open a big file from my own code, not
> even a plain one let alone a loopback.

You need:
1)  LFS capable kernel: 2.2.18aa2, 2.2.19aa1, 2.4.X or whatever
2)  glibc 2.1.3 or later compiled against LFS kernel headers
3)  Application compiled with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64

Regards,
Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>

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