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[Bug libc/13047] On 32 bit system (UBUNTU Natty) Cannot open a file of size 5GB
- From: "bugdal at aerifal dot cx" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 04:22:36 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/13047] On 32 bit system (UBUNTU Natty) Cannot open a file of size 5GB
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- References: <bug-13047-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13047
Rich Felker <bugdal at aerifal dot cx> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED
Resolution|INVALID |
--- Comment #6 from Rich Felker <bugdal at aerifal dot cx> 2012-05-14 04:22:36 UTC ---
As per my comment last year, I think this issue merits revisiting. Since the
intended protections against bad behavior/file corruption break down when file
descriptors are inherited between programs built with differing values for
_FILE_OFFSET_BITS, and since it's now 2012, I think there's a strong argument
to be made for making 64-bit off_t the default. I know a small but persistent
number of programs on Debian and other mainstream dists are still built without
any attention to _FILE_OFFSET_BITS, and this leads to broken corner case
issues. Fixing this at the libc level makes a lot more sense than fixing it in
every single program...
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