* gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03 Mar 2003 10:02]:
> i know that a fat32 filesystem has a 4gb limit, and that an ext3
> system (that's what i'm using) has a limit considerably higher
> why then can't i build a file any bigger than 2gb on my machine?
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It's not a filesystem problem, but o
What does Gentoo do for it's apps - does it compile them
with large file support?
On Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:34:48 -0500
James Michael Fultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
* gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03 Mar 2003
10:02]:
i know that a fat32 filesystem has a 4gb limit, and that
an ext3
system (that's
from the freshmeat article:
"(Note that Unix98 mandates that base utilities like "cat" and "cp" be
compiled with largefile support.) "
are tar and bz2 included in that list of "base utilities"? how can i tell?
if not, can i make it so?
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On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 15:40:28 -0500
The recent tar-1.13.25 has the option --disable-largefiles, but the ebuild doesn't
disable it.
Cheers
"brett holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What does Gentoo do for it's apps - does it compile them
> with
