Adam Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is it possible to set up a translator for a directory (with multiple
> GIDs per file) while keeping the contained files in the parent
> filesystem?
I believe it is. The GIDs could then be stored in a separate
file in the back-end filesystem.
> On a kinda/sorta related note, are there plans (I know that there's
> currently problems) to allow files larget than 2gigs/4gigs/whateversize
> theyaregigs on Hurd, or is that a filesystem specific issue? Do
> translators circumvent it?
The io_seek RPC in <hurd/io.defs> takes the offset as off_t which
<hurd/hurd_types.defs> defines as int. On i386, this limits file
sizes to 2 gigabytes. I suppose it could be fixed by redefining
off_t to something larger and recompiling the Hurd and glibc.
After this, the problem would become filesystem specific and
could be circumvented with translators.
