"Maciej W. Rozycki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> Is it possible to portably use open() and retain large file support?
>
> Try the AC_SYS_LARGEFILE autoconf macro.

That's what I thought I was using.  I was just afraid that open()
wasn't correctly encompassed by the large file API's, a fear that
proved unfounded.

>  You may also want AC_FUNC_FSEEKO for fseeko().

I wonder what is the difference between AC_FUNC_FSEEKO and
AC_CHECK_FUNCS(seeko).  The manual doesn't seem to explain.

> I was already a bit surprised having failed to see AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
> being called from your patch,

Are you sure you looked at my patch?  All three versions of the patch
pretty much begin with the "+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE" change to configure.in.

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