[Python-Dev] large file support
Martin v. Loewis
martin@v.loewis.de
18 Jun 2002 07:36:07 +0200
jeremy@zope.com (Jeremy Hylton) writes:
> We sure don't provide much help for such an administrator.
We do, but not in 2.1.
> os.path.exists() is perhaps the most egregious. I think it's worth
> backporting the fix to the 2.1 branch, along with any other glaring
> errors. We might still see a 2.1.4.
In that case, I recommend to backport the machinery that enables LFS
from 2.2. If this machinery fails to detect LFS support on a system,
there is a good chance that your processing of EOVERFLOW fails on that
system as well.
Regards,
Martin