"File size limit exceeded" problem in Red Hat 8

[C. Linus Hicks]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 15:11, C. Linus Hicks wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 14:01, Jake Brown wrote:
> >         I looked into the features.h file, however it does not contain
> >         any of the definitions you mentioned, probably because gcc
> >         2.6.3 does not support large file size. However the gcc coming
> >         with Red Hat 8 does have a large file support, but I can not
> >         use it as my simulator requires gcc2.6.3.
> >         
> >         Is there a way to work it around?
> 
> I just posted an update to my answer to the mailing list. Try that
> first. Add these to your CFLAGS:
> 
> -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
> 
> The compiler version should be less important than the version of the
> OS, and I know full well that RH 8 supports large files. So it isn't
> clear to me why your features.h doesn't have those defines. The only
> 32-bit RedHat system I have is 7.1 and that's where I tested this.

Actually, I think it's going to be the version of glibc that is
important here. I'm running 2.2.4-33 on my 7.1 system and it does have
large file support. What version are you running?

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C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc.rr.com>