-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 1/6/2011 22:30, Vladimir Simonov wrote: > On 01/06/2011 05:21 PM, Nick Clifton wrote: > >>> 2. replace off_t, stat, fstat with bn_off_t, bn_stat, >>> bn_fstat (bn - means binutils) in all sources and "define" >>> them as stat64, fstat64 in config.h (or some another include file) >>> if we are on mingw, else stay with (stat, fstat); >>> 3. wait for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS support. >> >> Well I would opt for 3. :-) Not just because it is the simplest from my >> point of view, but also because it is the correct thing to do. Trying to >> implement our version of large file support for mingw is just silly, and >> very likely to generate more errors. It will be better to wait for the >> official mingw developers to add the necessary feature. >> > > This may lead to deadlock:). MinGW people may say: "We have > large file support, just call appropriate functions, stat64, etc". > > It is interesting mingw people opinion, if they here us... > > Regards > Vladimir >
Appropriate mingw MLs now added to CC-list. Here's some context: > objcopy built for mingw64 silently refuses to handle > files larger 2GB. The reason - mingw/mingw64 headers > (sys/stat.h) don't have _FILE_OFFSET_BITS magic. > > The patch adding negative file size check is attached. I hope this helps. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAk0l2uIACgkQp56AKe10wHfM9gCfXeb7LjY1WKbbjgZ+OoBR2YnP wPkAn1lluCve4peNGXJHcAHQbcbOZO4S =Q23P -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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