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SubjectRe: OFFTOPIC: e2fsprogs and +2Gb partitions
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alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes:

> You are without a doubt wrong to have not included as close to full
> libc5 compatibility for -D_LINUX_SOURCE.

Following this path would for ever manifested that software written on
Linux is not portable. This always was wrong, all the hacks necessary
to run software written are damaging. You certainly don't want to
tell me that living with -D_LINUX_SOURCE is better than living without
-D_LINUX_SOURCE after a phase of adaption, do you?

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