Re: [Evolution] 2GB file size limit

[Jeremy Avnet <mlist-ximian theory org>]

The glibc that comes with Debian "Woody" is compiled against kernel
2.4.x; supporting LFS. It looks like I will have to recompile Evolution
with some special gcc parameters in order to obtain LFS support. I am
using the following page as a reference:
    
    http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html


* Jeffrey Stedfast (fejj ximian com) said:
> This "bug" most likely has nothing to do with Evolution source itself,
> we use off_t which is a 32-bit integer, thus you have yourself a 2GB
> file size limit. The only way to "fix" this is to rebuild glibc so that
> off_t is a 64 bit int.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, 2001-10-01 at 22:31, Jeremy Avnet wrote:
> > * NotZed (notzed ximian com) said:
> > > Use more folders.
> >
> > I will take that to mean there is no plan to increase the current limit.
> >
> > --jeremy/brainsik--