the official zip format spec states clearly that normal zip file should be <= 4G size instead 2G. I just can not believe Python has such an obvious bug.
People suggested monkey patch the ZIP64_LIMIT value to pass 2G, I am not sure what will be the ramifications. On Jan 28, 2015 1:37 PM, "Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 5:53 AM, jesse <chat2je...@gmail.com> wrote: > > should not it be 1<<32 -1(4g)? > > > > normal zip archive format should be able to support 4g file. > > > > thanks > > 1<<31-1 is the limit for a signed 32-bit integer. You'd have to look > into the details of the zip file format to see whether that's the > official limit or not; it might simply be that some (un)archivers have > problems with >2GB files, even if the official stance is that it's > unsigned. > > ChrisA > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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