Large file system support in 2.1.2 (was Re: [Python-Dev] release for 2.1.2, plus 2.2.1...)

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> Barry A. Warsaw wrote
> Let me suggest the following, and then I'm going to stop here.
> Martin's patch to fileobject.c should be applied -- that's a given.
> As for configure:
>     CC='gcc -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' ./configure
> works for me.  

That's good enough for me - I'll test it on the boxes I can find...

> I'll leave it up to others to decide what to change,

Documentation?

> although IMHO posix-large-file is broken 

You mean, even with these new build instructions?

> (and also because those
> instructions shouldn't be necessary for Python 2.2).

They are still going to be necessary for 2.1.2 - I don't want to try and
play the game of getting this change in and turned on by default at this
stage of the game... :/

Anthony