[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Objects fileobject.c,2.91,2.92

Thomas Wouters thomas@xs4all.net
Mon, 13 Nov 2000 23:20:20 +0100


On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 05:13:58PM -0500, Andrew Kuchling wrote:

> If you look at the very latest autoconf alpha release, autoconf 2.49a,
> at ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/, it has an AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
> macro that may be what's needed.  Perhaps we can back-port this macro
> to the current autoconf release.

Aahh, hmm. I'll look at what this macro does tomorrow, unless someone else
beats me to it. I've been busy, between gobs of work, trying to find out how
*other* applications determine large file support... that's suprisingly
tricky in some cases -- I still haven't figured out how zsh does it.

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Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>

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