Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 23:00:01 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/8637: fgetpos()/fsetpos() don't work for >2GB filesize Message-ID: <199811110700.XAA24496@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/8637; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/8637: fgetpos()/fsetpos() don't work for >2GB filesize Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:05:38 +0800 Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Nov 10), Dmitrij Tejblum said: > > > One thing; our errno.h doesn't have an EOVERFLOW, so I used EFBIG in > > > ftell() for filesizes that exceed 2GB. This should probably get fixed. > > > > And how about just add EOVERFLOW to errno.h, instead of document the bug > > in man pages??? > > Well, if it's that easy, sure. I don't know all that much about the > repercussions of adding errors to errno.h. I suppose there's a string > table that needs adjusting, too, for strerror()? Anything else? NFS needs it added to the errno mapping tables, I suspect the binary emulation (linux, ibcs2 etc) need it too. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Netplex Consulting "No coffee, No workee!" :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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