Albrecht Schlosser wrote:
> Should we maybe change the defined macros? If yes, define
> only _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 and drop the others, or do we
> need them for compatibility with older systems?
>
> Does anybody know more about this?
I think I know about this one, as I think I was the one
who lobbied for its inclusion; see my initial post:
http://www.fltk.org/newsgroups.php?gfltk.bugs+v:3147
..and the followup thread:
http://www.fltk.org/newsgroups.php?gfltk.bugs+T+QFILE_OFFSET_BITS
In short, the flag resolves a problem with 32bit machines were not able
to properly browse files on remote NFS servers that were 64bit machines.
IIRC the flag enables the local OS to maintain 64bit values for
certain operations to ensure proper management of 64bit values in
such situations, so that the browsers work properly in all cases.
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