[Zope-dev] Crash & Burn with Zope 2.6.0a1 and ZEO 2.0a1

[Shane Hathaway]

Jeremy Hylton wrote:
> We recently discovered that there's a bad interaction between ZODB and
> Python without large file support running on a platform that supports
> large files.  In this specific configuration, os.path.exists() returns
> false for files >2 GB and ZODB creates a new Data.fs.

Wow... "bad" is not a strong enough word for this bug, especially if you 
run into it without a backup.  How about "harrowing". ;-)

Shane