On Mon, 3 Nov 2014, Bruce Lilly wrote:
As of this late date, /usr/bin/bash here is in fact the bash executable,
not a link; but that means that it's 32-bit only and might well present
unexpected issues on 64-bit systems when dealing with large files etc.
(basically anything that involves pointers, long integers, time_t,
ptrdiff_t, clock_t, dev_t, off_t, size_t, or ssize_t in the sources).
Such problems are highly unlikely. Solaris supports large files (LFS)
in 32-bit applications and Autoconf-configured GNU programs use it by
default. Few shell jobs require over 2GB of data, so ptrdiff_t is not
likely to be a problem, and size_t and ssize_t are unlikely to cause
problems either. Perhaps time_t is still an issue.
While it would be nice if Solaris software was all 64-bit, in actual
practice I notice no difference in day to day use between systems with
32-bit applications and 64-bit. Only certain memory-hungry
applications will significantly benefit.
Regardless, the OpenIndiana project did produce an updated bash
binary. I initially built my own, but switched to the OpenIndiana
version when it became available.
Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/
GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
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