| From: | Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)slingshot(dot)co(dot)nz> |
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| To: | Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info> |
| Cc: | PostgresSQL General Mailing List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Linux Largefile Support In Postgresql RPMS |
| Date: | 2002-08-13 08:42:29 |
| Message-ID: | 3D58C675.6070806@slingshot.co.nz |
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Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 09:21:07AM -0500, Greg Copeland wrote:
>
>>I'm actually amazed that postgres isn't already using large file
>>support. Especially for tools like dump.
>>
>
>Except it would only cause confusion if you ran such a program on a
>system that didn't itself have largefile support. Better to make the
>admin turn all these things on on purpose, until everyone is running
>64 bit systems everywhere.
>
>A
>
Ah yes ... extremely good point - I had not considered that.
I am pretty sure all reasonably current (kernel >= 2.4) Linux distros
support largefile out of the box - so it should be safe for them.
Other operating systems where 64 bit file access can be disabled or
unconfigured require more care - possibly (sigh) 2 binary RPMS with a
distinctive 32 and 64 bit label ...(I think the "big O" does this for
Solaris).
Cheers
Mark
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