Re: AC_SYS_LARGEFILE

[Albert Chin]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:39:03PM +0100, Peter Simons wrote:
> I recently added AC_SYS_LARGEFILE macro to my configure scripts, but I
> encountered an interesting problem on Solaris 8: The configure script
> adds the define "_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64" to my CPPFLAGS, but once it
> does, <unistd.h> and colleagues don't define open(2) anymore;
> apparently, I have to use open64(2) instead.
> 
> Now I wonder: What is the best way to support this? Can't autoconf
> somehow re-define the necessary routines transparently?

So, if your program uses open(2) and you link, you get an unresolved
reference to the symbol open? Using AC_SYS_LARGEFILE should be
transparent to your program.

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albert chin (address@hidden)