tag 215153 - patch
tag 215154 - patch
thanks

Nathan, I'll provide a fixed patch in a while..

On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 10:25:59PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 09:16:19PM +0000, Robert Millan wrote:
> > +#define __USE_LARGEFILE64
> 
> If the two underscores are not a hint enough for you, here it is in clear:
> You are not allowed to mess with __* symbols in glibc.

Uhm.. good to know this :)

> There is an official interface, and it is _LARGEFILE_SOURCE and
> _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE.  Probably acl already can define that if it is needed,
> check the configure script and other places for that.  There is nothing in
> the GNU/Hurd's large file support that is different from GNU/Linux's,
> because it's the same glibc (at least as far as the interfaces are
> concerned).

ok.

> See above.  There are two relevant symbols:
> 
>    _XOPEN_SOURCE        Includes POSIX and XPG things.  Set to 500 if
>                         Single Unix conformance is wanted, to 600 for the
>                         upcoming sixth revision.
>    _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED XPG things and X/Open Unix extensions.
> 
> You can not just define away things blindly just to make it compile.  First
> of all, you must use official interfaces.

ok.

-- 
Robert Millan

"[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."

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