Perhaps stated a bit more correctly:
Apache is NOT unique to Linux, so any system using Apache would need this
configuration, that would include windows, MAC OS, Solaris, Irix, etc.
Can't blame the OS on a softwares requirements...
Dan.
At 08:07 AM 4/9/2004, Paul Smith wrote:
>%% Dan Nelson <dnelson@stripped> writes:
>
> dn> That is because although Linux binaries can access files over 2gb,
> dn> they do not do so by default. Apache was probably not compiled
> dn> with the required defines (-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE
> dn> -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64), so that's why it stops at 2gb even though
> dn> both the kernel and filesystem most likely do support larger
> dn> files.
>
>Just to point out this (needing extra compile flags to get large file
>support) is not unique to Linux. Most OSs require these kinds of flags;
>Solaris for example also requires special flags to get LFS.
>
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