Large file support in Linux

[randy at dayton.akorn.net]

Hi,

I'm trying to build Python 2.1.1 on Linux (RedHat 7.1) that can handle
large files.  I tried the configure command on the website
(http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/posix-large-files.html) but I can't
get it to work.

What I tried:

CFLAGS='-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' OPT="-g -O2
$CFLAGS" \
./configure

make

This results in these errors during build:

Objects/fileobject.c: In function '_portable_ftell':
Objects/fileobject.c:267: incompatible types in return


Has anyone built Python with large file support on Linux?

Thanks,
-Randy