[Python-Dev] test_largefile.py failing on Linux

[Mark Favas]

This test also fails on Tru64 Unix (V 4.0F), in the same manner - file
position is left at 0.

On the question as to whether a file can be grown using [f]truncate() on
this platform, the docs state:

"If the new length is greater than the previous length, new file data
between the previous end-of-file and the new end-of-file is added,
consisting of all zeros."

and claim

"Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry
standards as follows:

ftruncate(), truncate():  XPG4-UNIX"

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