9 Sep
2002
9 Sep
'02
4:20 a.m.
On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:13:35AM -0400, Chris McDonough wrote:
On Linux, at least, compiling and installing Python 2.X with large file support can be accomplished via:
export CC="gcc -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64" ./configure --prefix=/some/directory --with-thread; make; make install
The Linux kernel and C libraries need to support large files for this to work. I have had success on both Debian Woody and Red Hat 7.2+ with this recipe.
Amen - that's how it is described in the Python Library docs. -aj