Hello Eric, Griffin, replying below.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 07:33:21AM +1100, griffin tucker wrote: > yep, thanks eric. > > also worth noting there's a $30 bounty on bountysource for whomever > solves this particular bug > > https://www.bountysource.com/issues/96838952-files-with-a-byte-size-larger-than-an-int-cause-i-o-errors > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 03:11, EricZolf <ewl+rdiffbac...@lavar.de> wrote: > > > > Hi Arrigo, > > > > It's about https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-fs/issues/2 Aha, thank you. I did not read the email subject carefully enough. > > But to be clear, it's possibly the whole FS code which needs a cleanup, Yes, it does! ;-) > > I only "saved" it under the umbrella of rdiff-backup, no clue in which > > state it exactly is. > > > > You're more than welcome to have a look! Thank you.. I did and I am proposing a very very simple fix: https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-fs/pull/3 ...in the hope it is such a low-hanging fruit! Unfortunately I have no idea about how to test this. Maybe Griffin? Regards, -- Arrigo http://rigo.altervista.org