Large File Support

[Rod MacNeil]

Hello NG,

I need to build Python to include large file support on Redhat Linux 7.1.

I tried the following instructions from section 8.1.1 in the Python docs but
it doesn't work:

    On large-file-capable Linux systems, this might work:


CC="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
export CC
./configure


I think this fails because the variable CC is expected to have the compiler
name (gcc).

Does anyone have any alternative instructions?

Rod MacNeil
rmacneil at interactdirect.com