Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-28 Thread Jürgen Hötzel
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:55:37PM -0500, David Rosenstrauch wrote: Jürgen Hötzel wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:40:15PM -0500, joe henderson wrote: All, Is there a way to turn on gzips larger file size bit in the install? gzip needs to be patched to use O_LARGEFILE. Has

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-25 Thread joe henderson
Eli Heady wrote: On Wednesday 24 January 2007 16:40, joe henderson wrote: All, Is there a way to turn on gzips larger file size bit in the install? I have a few backup files that are 4+ GB.. I do not want to split the tars in multiple files to achieve this... Advise.. Joe

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-25 Thread David Rosenstrauch
Jürgen Hötzel wrote: On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:40:15PM -0500, joe henderson wrote: All, Is there a way to turn on gzips larger file size bit in the install? gzip needs to be patched to use O_LARGEFILE. Has anyone filed a bug for this yet? If not, please let me know and I'll file one.

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-25 Thread Fredrik Eriksson
Is this an arch issue or is it gzip specific? i too do backups using gzip... but the files so far haven't exceeded the 4gb limit, and so far i've had no problems with extracting the contents of the files. Would be nice to know if there is a solution for this so i can change my backup

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-25 Thread bardo
2007/1/25, David Rosenstrauch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: gzip in.tar /tmp/out.tar.gz Hmmm ... not sure I grok why this is different. Anyone want to hit me with a cluestick? I believe to understand that, using stdin, you bypass dimension check, since you are using a stream, for which size is

[arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-24 Thread joe henderson
All, Is there a way to turn on gzips larger file size bit in the install? I have a few backup files that are 4+ GB.. I do not want to split the tars in multiple files to achieve this... Advise.. Joe ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-24 Thread Eli Heady
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 16:40, joe henderson wrote: All, Is there a way to turn on gzips larger file size bit in the install? I have a few backup files that are 4+ GB.. I do not want to split the tars in multiple files to achieve this... Advise.. Joe This is not an answer to your

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-24 Thread David Rosenstrauch
joe henderson wrote: All, Is there a way to turn on gzips larger file size bit in the install? I have a few backup files that are 4+ GB.. I do not want to split the tars in multiple files to achieve this... Advise.. Joe ? Is this actually a restriction with gzipped archives?

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-24 Thread Jürgen Hötzel
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:40:15PM -0500, joe henderson wrote: All, Is there a way to turn on gzips larger file size bit in the install? gzip needs to be patched to use O_LARGEFILE. Workaround, using shell-redirection: gzip in.tar /tmp/out.tar.gz Jürgen pgpfxmYflaxQ2.pgp Description:

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-24 Thread Damir Perisa
Thursday 25 January 2007, Jürgen Hötzel wrote: | Workaround, using shell-redirection: | | gzip in.tar  /tmp/out.tar.gz is using shell redirection not slower? (just wondering - don't have O_LARGEFILE patched gzip myself to compare) thanx + greetings, Damir -- dcop amarok player nowPlaying:

Re: [arch] GZIP.. Value too large for defined data type..

2007-01-24 Thread Jürgen Hötzel
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 12:46:42AM +0100, Damir Perisa wrote: Thursday 25 January 2007, Jürgen Hötzel wrote: | Workaround, using shell-redirection: | | gzip in.tar  /tmp/out.tar.gz is using shell redirection not slower? (just wondering - don't have O_LARGEFILE patched gzip myself to