Document configuration flags to compile for large file support on

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit f89ad5ed6bda · 2001-03-01T18:29:57.000Z
certain Linux systems.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
@@ -56,9 +56,17 @@ \subsection{Large File Support \label{posix-large-files}}
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 CFLAGS="`getconf LFS_CFLAGS`" OPT="-g -O2 $CFLAGS" \
-        configure
+        ./configure
 \end{verbatim} % $ <-- bow to font-lock
 
+On large-file-capable Linux systems, this might work:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+CC="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
+export CC
+./configure
+\end{verbatim}
+
 
 \subsection{Module Contents \label{posix-contents}}
 
