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

[Skip Montanaro]

(trimming the cc list... i think everyone on it is a p-dev'er)

    Martin> Anyway, what is wrong with my earlier suggestion

    Martin> export CFLAGS OPT
    Martin> CFLAGS='-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
    Martin> OPT="-g -O2 $CFLAGS"
    Martin> ./configure

I know I'm coming into this discussion late, but why even involve CFLAGS?

    export OPT
    OPT='-g -O2 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
    ./configure

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