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Re: [RFC] Make _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 default.
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>, Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>
- Cc: OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>, Denis Obrezkov <reprofy at etersoft dot ru>, GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:47:12 +0100
- Subject: Re: [RFC] Make _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 default.
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On 03/13/2014 11:26 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
It can be an ABI change to other people's sources as if they used
off_t, now they have a different type.
Yes, that is part of what an API change means: recompiling might produce a
different ABI. That is one of the reasons why API changes require careful
consideration. When we talk about an ABI change on this list, we are
talking about the ABIs of libraries our package installs.
Ah, then we're used to a different terminology.
In any case, I don't think it's prudent to make the change, unfortunately.
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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team