Re: [Evolution] Inbox too large

[Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>]

On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 22:01 -0600, Mark Pinto wrote:
> Kernel 2.6.8.  glibc 2.3.6.  I'm convinced that it's an evolution
> issue (2.4, but I tested and have the same problem on 2.6), as I have
> 2+G files on this computer that are handled fine.

Evo 2.4.2.1 *definitely* has 2GB file size issues.

Attached is the error message I get while trying to attach a 
2.5GB file.

So, it's quite reasonable to expect that Evo has other small-file
bugs in it's code base.

> On 3/27/06, Greg Tassone <greg tassone net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 20:06 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 16:48 -0800, Greg Tassone wrote:
> > ...
> > > > The other problem could be that your system is missing large file
> > > > support.  How old is your kernel?
> > >
> > > LFS came in during the *early* 2.4 kernels.  *Nobody* (except a
> > > few m68k retro-geeks, and they mostly use 2.4.2x) uses such old
> > > kernels and glibc/libc6 anymore.
> >
> > Agreed.  This is compounded by the fact that XFS support probably
> > indicates a later version as well.
> >
> > However, history around this list has taught me to NEVER take anything
> > for granted.  I can't believe how old some of the stuff is that we hear
> > about on this list (e.g., VERY old RedHat Linux installs, very old
> > versions of Evo, old kernels, etc.).
> >
> > Therefore, I decided to at least ask the question, given the somewhat
> > strange/rare circumstances of the error.

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