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SubjectRe: large file support? (fwd)
FromUlrich Drepper <>
Date17 Aug 1997 14:05:34 +0200
hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) writes:

> Hmmm... I'd think I personally would prefer the 64-bit systems to use
> 64 bits throughout (then open == open64 on those platforms, etc.)

Of course, there is no reason to complicate things. The LFS is really
only meant for 32 bit systems. If you don't want to add the extra
interface in the kernel for 64 bit systems this isn't a problem since
we can simply use alises in the libc.

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