Re: configure options

Albe Laurenz wrote:
> Siddharth Shah wrote:
>>>> I am compiling postgres, I have some doubts on ./configure options
>>>>
>>>> --disable-largefile
>>>> Does it refers to for storing blob objects to store or
>>>> anything else ?
>>> I couldn't find this configure switch in the documentation for
>>> 8.3 or 8.4. Can you explain where you found it and which version
>>> you are using?
>> I am using 8.3.5 and I have found these options in configure help
>> ./configure --help
>
> I see. It seems to be missing in the documentation.
>
> This has nothing to do with large objects.
> This disables use of the "large file API" for operating system files.
> If you disable this, you will probably not be able to use operating system
> files that exceed 2GB in size, which PostgreSQL normally does not do
> anyway.

pg_dump/pg_restore deals with files >2GB, so you will have backup
related issues if you disable it.

> My recommendation is to leave this switch alone and use the default;
> you should not encounter any problems.

Agreed - the cost for supporting it is zero, AFAIK, so there is no
reason to turn it off unless the OS has a buggy implementation.

//Magnus