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Re: Compilers used for non-configure systems/platforms

From: Dan Fandrich <dan_at_coneharvesters.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:38:14 -0700

On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:04:32AM +0200, Yang Tse wrote:
> For a given compiler capable of enabling and disabling LFS the
> curl_off_t data type would be the same no matter if LFS is enabled or
> disabled when building the library and would also be the same when
> building an app that uses the library no matter if LFS is enabled or
> disabled when building the app. This is the "only" benefit of doing
> this.

This change will cause a binary compatibility break on any architecture
that supports 64 bit integers but has a 32 bit off_t. That will need to be
clearly documented so that packagers will know to handle the situation
appropriately.

>>> Dan

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