On 11/27/06, Erich Prinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Running 10.4.8 on this end.
What I can do is run a job with a large file and let you know the
results. The configure options in the previous post don't included
that option and per Kern's post on the subject, it appears it is on
by default (which would make sense for Apple to do given the heavy
use of video on the platform.)
Erich, thank you for running a controlled test of a large file. I will do
the same but am not quite there yet (am still reading through the manual and
meticulously documenting my own installations -- both Ubuntu Linux and Mac
OS X -- in parallel). It does make sense that large files are supported by
Apple since OS X is notoriously used by media companies and Hollywood
producers operating on large files easily over 2 GB in size. But, I think
its good to test out in purely a Bacula context nonetheless (and ideally
find out what can be done so that the next version of Bacula could, for
example, detect the Mac OS X (Darwin) platform and output a "yes" for large
file support.
Cheers.
Erich
On Nov 27, 2006, at 12:11 AM, Hydro Meteor wrote:
>
> On 11/26/06, Erich Prinz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can't help
> on this one. PPC only on this end.
>
> Hi Erich,
>
> A Bacula News Bulletin just in ... I just moments ago tried on Mac
> OS X Server 10.4.8 running on a PowerPC Mac, the exact same
> configure options on the same original source of Bacula ( 1.38.11)
> and thus explicitly requiring the large file system. The result
> output by configure was exactly the same (Large file system: no).
>
>
> Odd that it was explicit in the configure options but not found when
> running.
>
> Agreed. Maybe this is a bug in the configure script that manifests
> only on Mac OS X?
>
> Erich, what version of Mac OS X are you running on your PowerPC Mac
> (s)? I am wondering if you you have a moment if you could also try
> to run configure (in an isolated directory so as not to mess up
> your environment) and to see if you also do not receive the option
> to enable Large file support? If its not a major hassle to you?
>
> Have you attempted to run a backup on a single file over 2 GB just to
> see what would happen? Just curious.
>
> Not yet but I am surely going to try this -- will be one of the
> first things I do is not only try to backup a file over 2 GB but
> also restore. Will update the mailing list with the results when I
> find them.
>
> -H
>
> Erich
>
>
> On Nov 26, 2006, at 10:30 PM, Hydro Meteor wrote:
>
> > As a followup I have copied and pasted what appears to be a
> > relevant section of my config.log output on the same iMac which I
> > tried to enable large file support for. If anyone who is more
> > familiar with the inner workings of Bacula (Kern?) could shed some
> > additional light on what would be a good next step to take (in
> > order to make sure Bacula can operate on large files on Mac OS X),
> > that would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > configure:17157: checking for CFLAGS value to request large file
> > support
> > configure:17222: result: no
> > configure:17224: checking for LDFLAGS value to request large file
> > support
> > configure:17234: result: no
> > configure:17236: checking for LIBS value to request large file
> support
> > configure:17246: result: no
> > configure:17291: checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
> > configure:17308: result: 64
> > configure:17317: checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE
> > configure:17334: result: 1
> > configure:17343: checking for _LARGE_FILES
> > configure:17360: result: 1
> >
> >
> > On 11/26/06, Hydro Meteor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,
> >
> > I was able to ./configure Bacula 1.38.11 on a Mac running Mac OS X
> > 10.4.8 without any problems today (in a manner almost exactly the
> > same as my Ubuntu Linux configuration). In both cases, I did not
> > explicitly provide configure with the option of disabling large
> > file support, and I also did not explicitly provide configure with
> > he option of enabling large file system support (but according to
> > the current manual, --enable-largefile is the default).
> >
> > Despite accepting the default (enabled), I noticed that my output
> > was different after running configure. On the Mac, configure
> > reported a value of "no" assigned as in:
> >
> > Large file support: no
> >
> > On Ubuntu the value for "Large File Support:" was "yes".
> >
> > Furthermore, when I tried to re-configure on Mac OS X (being sure
> > to run configure a second time after a "make distclean" to clear
> > any configure cache), I then explicitly added this configure option:
> >
> > --enable-largefile
> >
> > But the end result was the same:
> >
> > Large file support: no
> >
> > What should I do? I will most definitely need to back up and
> > restore files that are in excess of 2 GB in size.
> >
> > In Bacula, is Large File Support limited to certain file systems or
> > operating systems? The Mac I tried configuring for is one of the
> > quite new Intel iMacs (with Intel Core 2 Dueo "Merom" chip inside
> > and apparently Merom is a 64-bit chip and apparently Mac OS X
> > 10.4.x "Tiger" has some 64-bit capability but I'm not clear on
> > exactly where the lines are drawn between 32-bit and 64-bit in
> > Tiger and on these new iMacs). Would CPU architecture in any way
> > affect the outcome of Bacula?
> >
> > Might I be in new territory if I am understanding this [1] document
> > about Large File System support correctly. Any further suggestions
> > or comparisons (Erich?) from people who are running Bacula on Mac
> > OS X (Apple Intel and PowerPC)?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -H
> >
> > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_file_support
> >
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