Histfile >>2G on linux

[Russ Allbery]

Dirk Achenbach <d.achenbach at mediascape.de> writes:

> we are running a fullfeed and from time to time innd just terminates
> itself as =F1ews/db/history reaches the 2G-mark. The System itself
> (RedHat7.1) does recognize files >>2G, even inn does, as some
> cnfs-buffers are >>400G, and i do not have the slightest idea what i can
> possibly do to prevent inn from dying every 2 weeks or so.

It should log *some* sort of error, or drop a core in the spool/articles
directory.  With your configuration, INN should correctly handle a
configure file larger than 2GB.

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