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SubjectRe: 2GIG-file
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 06:58:11AM -0400, Mike Black wrote:
> I investigated trying the LFS patches on 2.2.16 but am leery about doing it:
>
> >From http://www.scyld.com/software/lfs-5.html#glibc-mmap
> Quote:
> These LFS modifications are specific to the Linux 2.2.x kernels. The current
> development kernels (2.3.42 when this was written) contain a subset of the
> LFS functionality provided here and somewhat different interfaces for that
> functionality. Also, continuing development on the 2.3.x kernel tree will
> likely cause collisions with the syscall numbers selected for these
> modifications. The result of all this is that the provided glibc will not
> function correctly for applications using 64 bit intefaces on the 2.3.x
> kernels or the 2.4.x kernels when they come out.
> End Quote

I would suggest you look for RedHat 6.2 Enterprise Edition.

> Do I see a future chicken-and-egg problem here? If I do LFS now am I going
> to get screwed when 2.4 comes out?
> I need large file support fairly soon...
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