Re: [HACKERS] Linux Largefile Support In Postgresql RPMS

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 10:15:46AM -0500, Greg Copeland wrote:

> If by "turn...on", you mean recompile, that's a horrible idea IMO.

Ah. Well, that is what I meant. Why is it horrible? PostgreSQL
doesn't take very long to compile.

> I guess what I'm trying to say here is, it's moving the problem from
> being a postgres specific issue (not compiled in -- having to recompile
> and install and not knowing if it's (dis)enabled) to a general body of
> knowledge (does my system support such-n-such capabilities).

The problem is not just a system-level one, but a filesystem-level
one. Enabling 64 bits by default might be dangerous, because a DBA
might think "oh, it supports largefiles by default" and therefore not
notice that the filesystem itself is not mounted with largefile
support. But I suspect that the developers would welcome autoconfig
patches if someone offered them.

A

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