write(...) to stats file: -1 EFBIG (File too large)

[Sylvain Robitaille]

I didn't mean to be negligent in not responding to folks who have
responded to my query ...  Sorry for the delay ...

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:

> No, the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels don't have the 2 GB limit.

Hrmmm... thanks for clearing that up.

> Your software needs to be recompiled though to take advantage
> of the LFS (large file) interface; for inn this means running
> "configure" with the --enable-largefiles option.

Ok, that explains why I'm running into that problem at that boundary
then.

> Note that this does change the history file format as well.

Ugh ...  are there conversion tools?

> I'm not sure about overview/storage. So its not a drop-in upgrade
> or replacement.

Thanks for this and for the heads-up that I'm going to have to plan a
transition to large-file support rather than just recompile and restart.
I'll be back if I have more problems ...

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Sylvain Robitaille                              syl at alcor.concordia.ca

Systems analyst / Newsmaster                      Concordia University
Instructional & Information Technology        Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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