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Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 12:21:00 -0700
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@...ucla.edu>
To: "A. Wilcox" <AWilcox@...cox-tech.com>
Cc: libc-coord@...ts.openwall.com, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@...hat.com>,
Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
libc-alpha@...rceware.org, musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [musl] Re: Re: regression in man pages for
interfaces using loff_t
On 2023-07-01 18:18, A. Wilcox via Libc-alpha wrote:
> _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=32 is legacy, but Linux on 32-bit systems is not.
Yes, the documentation could be more careful in its wording. As I
understand it, the only active Linux ports that still support 32-bit
off_t are x86 and ARM. So in the patch let's change this:
"if the code is intended to be portable to legacy 32-bit platforms."
to this:
"if the code is intended to be portable to traditional 32-bit x86 and
ARM platforms where off_t's width defaults to 32 bits."
The idea is to let users know the scope of the problem without implying
that all 32-bit Linux is going away. Revised patch attached.
View attachment "0001-off64_t-prefer-off_t-for-splice-etc.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (8707 bytes)
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