On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 09:59:08AM -0400, Mario domenech Goulart wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is compiling Chicken with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 considered safe on 32bit
> platforms?  I've quickly tried it on Linux/x86 and it seems to work
> fine.
> 
> Is there anything I should be aware regarding to this setting?
> 

The only issue that comes to mind for me is if someone were not
using an off_t when seeking on a file descriptor, which could cause
integer overflow.

But that would be a bug and you should find it and fix it. :-D

-Alan
-- 
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