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

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Barry A. Warsaw writes:
 > Here's another suggestion: add a make variable that isn't used or
 > anything else, has a default empty value, and is used to create the
 > compilation command.  Let's say $LARGEFILE.

  This seems tolerable.  We should probably look for getconf in the
configure script, and make the default value the result of
"getconf LFS_CFLAGS" if available.  This seems like it would do "the
right thing" more often without user intervention and is safe when
getconf is not available.
  If LARGEFILE were set in the environment (by a command line such as
you suggest), we'd just use that instead.


  -Fred

-- 
Fred L. Drake, Jr.  <fdrake at acm.org>
PythonLabs at Zope Corporation