Philip Warner wrote: > At 05:37 PM 22/10/2002 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >! if (ctx->hasSeek > >! #if !defined(HAVE_FSEEKO) > >! && sizeof(off_t) <= sizeof(long) > >! #endif > >! ) > > Just to clarify my understanding: > > - HAVE_FSEEKO is tested & defined in configure > - If it is not defined, then all calls to fseeko will magically be > translated to fseek calls, and use the 'long' parameter type. > > Is that right? > > If so, why don't we: > > #if defined(HAVE_FSEEKO) > #define FILE_OFFSET off_t > #define FSEEK fseeko > #else > #define FILE_OFFSET long > #define FSEEK fseek > #end if > > then replace all refs to off_t with FILE_OFFSET, and fseeko with FSEEK. > > Existing checks etc will then refuse to load file offsets with significant > bytes after the 4th byte, we will still use fseek/o in broken OS > implementations of off_t.
Uh, not exactly. I have off_t as a quad, and I don't have fseeko, so the above conditional doesn't work. I want to use off_t, but can't use fseek(). As it turns out, the code already has options to handle no fseek, so it seems to work anyway. I think what you miss may be the table of contents in the archive, if I am reading the code correctly. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org