Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:33:14 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, Markus Stumpf <maex-freebsd-hackers@Space.Net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.4 - large file - seek problems Message-ID: <38DBB4EA.3334F7AE@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003231705290.48015-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Dan Nelson wrote:
>
> > The tail bug has been reported as PR bin/14786, and it looks like
> > there's a patch in there. See if it fixes your problem. As for less,
> > you can contact the author and see if he can fix it; it's not a stock
> > FreeBSD program.
>
> This is certainly the path to pursue, although I'm not sure how much luck
> it would have. The GNU maintainers typically are focussed mainly on linux,
> which I believe does not have support for 64-bit file sizes at the kernel
> level (perhaps this has been fixed).
A patch for the less port maintainer would be equally useful, if the
GNU owner is uninterested.
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