statvfs() weirdness on alpha (RH-7.2 and CentOS-4.2)

[Sergey Tikhonov]

Michal Jaegermann wrote:

>On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:37:46AM +0100, Oliver Falk wrote:
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>>On 11/14/2005 07:48 AM, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
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>>>>For now I changed 64-bits fields in /usr/inclide/bits/typesizes.h 
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>>OK, this sounds like a fix, that should hit mainstream as well
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>Hm, this sounds more like a workaround for a bug in glibc applied in
>order to avoid recompilation of everything which depends on glibc.  It
>appears that you will get screwed for a change if you will need from
>stat values which do not fit into 32 bits.  Not that this worked too
>well so far.  That probably violates some definitions/expectations too.  
>No idea what long range consequences are one way or another.
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Yes, you are correct - it is work around. :) It is too late to rebuild 
everything.
The correct fix will be in FC5 (devel).

Regards,
Sergey.