Large file system support in 2.1.2 (was Re: [Python-Dev] release for 2.1.2, plus 2.2.1...)

[Martin v. Loewis]

> >     CC='gcc -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' ./configure
> 
> That's good enough for me - I'll test it on the boxes I can find...

I'd strongly advise against putting that into the documentation. There
are numerous assignments to CC inside configure.in, which would
override this setting. Setting OPT and CFLAGS is the right way to pass
these configuration options.

> > I'll leave it up to others to decide what to change,
> 
> Documentation?

Please, not the way Barry proposes.

Regards,
Martin