Re: [PATCH] On linux require the libc to have large file support

[Felix Janda]

Felix Janda wrote:
> Andrei Borzenkov wrote:
> > В Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:57:07 +0100
> > Felix Janda <address@hidden> пишет:
> > 
> > > With this, support code in grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c
> > > for old glibc releases could be removed.
> > > ---
> > > This patch tries to address the issues raised in
> > > 
> > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2014-12/msg00030.html
> > > ---
> > >  INSTALL                         |  1 +
> > >  configure.ac                    |  5 +++++
> > >  grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c | 25 -------------------------
> > >  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
> > > index b67cd7f..ac7c2aa 100644
> > > --- a/INSTALL
> > > +++ b/INSTALL
> > > @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ configuring the GRUB.
> > >  On GNU/Linux, you also need:
> > >  
> > >  * libdevmapper 1.02.34 or later (recommended)
> > > +* a libc with large file support (e.g. glibc 2.1 or later)
> > >  
> > >  For optional grub-emu features, you need:
> > >  
> > > diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> > > index 31d2b0b..bdaebb8 100644
> > > --- a/configure.ac
> > > +++ b/configure.ac
> > > @@ -346,6 +346,11 @@ AC_GNU_SOURCE
> > >  AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
> > >  AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
> > >  
> > > +if test x"$host_kernel" = xlinux ; then
> > 
> > I wonder if we should do it unconditionally. Large files support is
> > really presumed by current code.
> > 
> > Not for now, but something to keep in mind for next version.
> 
> Yes, the test is not ideal. But enabling it for everything would
> break cygwin. (There sizeof(off_t)=4 and the windows hostdisk.c is
> used.)

Sorry, that should be mingw. I've taken this from

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18908557/how-to-enable-largefile-support-on-windows-using-mingw-autotools

> 
> It was not obvious for me how to detect all architectures that
> build grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c. It would also be possible
> to put something like
> 
> int get_a_libc_with_lfs_support[sizeof(off_t)-8];
> 
> into grub-core/osdep/unix/hostdisk.c making at least the build fail
> for the right architectures.
> 
> > > +  AC_CHECK_SIZEOF(off_t)
> > > +  test x"$ac_cv_sizeof_off_t" = x8 || AC_MSG_ERROR([Large file support 
> > > is required])
> > > +fi
> > > +
> > >  # Identify characteristics of the host architecture.
> > >  unset ac_cv_c_bigendian
> > >  
> > > [..]

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