Re: using _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 with a non-gcc compiler

[Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>]

Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> writes:

> True, but using Solaris as a precedent actually argues for something
> like Bruno's patch, because because Solaris's headers work correctly
> and sanely only with Sun's compilers.

Wrong.  This just means the fixincludes isn't doing its job and write
appropriate wrappers for the headers which use gcc's way of renaming.

> I'm sympathetic to your desire to avoid mucking with the namespace,
> but disabling LFS is pretty extreme.  Most application programmers
> want functionality more than they want pedantic POSIX support.

Then tell them to use a reasonable compiler.

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