Re: [PATCHES] Fix for large file support (nonsegment mode support)

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Tom Lane wrote:

> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Applied with minor corrections.
>
>> Why is this not the default when supported?
>
> Fear.
>
> Maybe eventually, but right now I think it's too risky.
>
> One point that I already found out the hard way is that sizeof(off_t) = 8
> does not guarantee the availability of largefile support; there can also
> be filesystem-level constraints, and perhaps other things we know not of
> at this point.
>
Just to note an additional filesystem that will need special action...
The VxFS filesystem has a largefiles option, per filesystem. At least that
was the case on SCO UnixWare (No, I no longer run it).

LER

>
> regards, tom lane
>
>

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