From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2579 invoked by alias); 13 Dec 2014 16:29:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 2569 invoked by uid 89); 13 Dec 2014 16:29:06 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: rock.gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:29:05 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4522A11643D; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:29:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id KCrLePLhkojT; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:29:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12D0A11643B; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:29:02 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C5DC840164; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:29:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:29:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, yao@codesourcery.com Subject: Re: [RFA] configure gdb/gnulib with --disable-largefile if largefile support disabled. Message-ID: <20141213162903.GM5457@adacore.com> References: <20141203104812.GA14666@adacore.com> <1417608509-15533-1-git-send-email-brobecker@adacore.com> <83h9xc62dw.fsf@gnu.org> <20141204031828.GD7899@adacore.com> <83zjb352te.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83zjb352te.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-SW-Source: 2014-12/txt/msg00322.txt.bz2 > > I do not think so, because gnulib can be used independently of procfs, > > in which case you would probably want gnulib to have large-file support > > by default. It's only in GDB and binutils' peculiar situation that > > we need to disable by default. > > Gnulib could have the necessary magic to DTRT in both situations, I > think. > > Anyway, I don't think it's wise to not even tell Gnulib folks about > this. If they say it's just our problem, so be it. But they might > have other proposals. FTR, reported at: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2014-12/msg00177.html -- Joel