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Subject: Re: (PR14786)Tail of file larger than 2 gig fails (patch)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:16:24 -0400
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Can someone please MFC this now?!  Thanks!
Ken
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Malone" <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: "Ken Menzel" <kenm@icarz.com>; <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: Tail of file larger than 2 gig fails (patch)


> On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 03:01:09PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> > If memory serves me right, "Ken Menzel" wrote:
> > > I had a problem today with a very large log file (3.6 gig) I
wanted to
> > > see the last few lines but 'tail' wanted to show me the last gig
or
> > > so.  Anyway I made it work,  I don't know if this is the right
list,
> > > because I have never submitted a patch before.  Could someone
> > > committer either advise me where to send this patch or take a
look at
> > > it and commit it if it looks OK?
> >
> > FYI:  tail(1) in 5-CURRENT was modified to handle large files a
few
> > weeks ago, in response to PR bin/14786.  These changes haven't
been
> > MFC-ed yet.  Maybe you should drop a note to dwmalone.
>
> The changes were quite large and though I gave them a good testing
> I think it may be too late to merge the changes in for 4.3. I'll
> get Jordan's take on it though.
>
> David.
>
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