2013-06-18 22:14, Samuel Thibault skrev: > Paul Dreik, le Tue 18 Jun 2013 21:45:49 +0200, a écrit : >> To save space I use dd to create a sparse file. Is that not supported >> on hurd, or what? > > It is supported, but large file support is still sketchy for now. > > Samuel > Ok, I guess it is the >2GiB size that is problematic and not the sparseness. I assume that problem is unlikely to change in the near future, so what about modifying the unit test to test if it runs on hurd and just exit with success in that case? something like switching on the output from uname or so. or possibly disabling the unit test on hurd-i386?
I do not know what you think is the easiest way forward. It would be nice to see this bug 711973 go away so libc can be built. paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
