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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-03-01 18:29:57 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-03-01 18:29:57 (GMT)
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Document configuration flags to compile for large file support on
certain Linux systems.
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@@ -56,9 +56,17 @@ of Irix, but with Solaris 2.6 and 2.7 you need to do something like:
\begin{verbatim}
CFLAGS="`getconf LFS_CFLAGS`" OPT="-g -O2 $CFLAGS" \
- configure
+ ./configure
\end{verbatim} % $ <-- bow to font-lock
+On large-file-capable Linux systems, this might work:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+CC="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
+export CC
+./configure
+\end{verbatim}
+
\subsection{Module Contents \label{posix-contents}}