On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 06:12:07PM -0500, Daniel Mahler wrote:
Given that I am on Linux (RH7.1 ie no largefiles),
sure you can get largefiles! Your OS should be OK if you have glibc >= 2.2.0 and kernel >= 2.4.0 All you need then is to compile python 2.1.3 from source with largefile support. Instructions here: http://www.python.org/doc/2.1.3/lib/posix-large-files.html Also it's a good idea to test your new installation... cd /path/to/your/python/libs/test python2.1 test_largefile.py
BTW 1. We used to get the regex warning before; it just did not loop.
ah, I misunderstood. Odd symptom, but it can't be a coincidence... fix the 2GB problem and see if this goes away.
2. The current size of Data.fs is 2147483647 (= 2G-1 )
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