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Re: statvfs() weirdness on alpha (RH-7.2 and CentOS-4.2)
From: Oliver Falk (oliver
linux-kernel.at)
Date: Mon Nov 14 2005 - 17:50:19 CST
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Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
> Michal Jaegermann wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 10:37:46AM +0100, Oliver Falk wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 11/14/2005 07:48 AM, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
>>> [ ... ]
>>>
>>>>> For now I changed 64-bits fields in /usr/inclide/bits/typesizes.h
>>>>>
>>> OK, this sounds like a fix, that should hit mainstream as well
>>>
>>
>> Hm, this sounds more like a workaround for a bug in glibc applied in
>> order to avoid recompilation of everything which depends on glibc. It
>> appears that you will get screwed for a change if you will need from
>> stat values which do not fit into 32 bits. Not that this worked too
>> well so far. That probably violates some definitions/expectations
>> too. No idea what long range consequences are one way or another.
>>
>>
> Yes, you are correct - it is work around. :) It is too late to rebuild
> everything.
> The correct fix will be in FC5 (devel).
Oh yes, my mistake. I wanted Sergey to post the _real fix_ to
glibc-people; Of course not the workaround... :-)
-of
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