Re: AC_SYS_LARGEFILE

On Mon, 11 Sep 2023, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am writing with a quesiton about the AC_SYS_LARGEFILE macro.
>
> It would be great to be able to use it but according to its
> documentation, the macro adds its flags to the CC output variable, which
> is not convenient in my context because we have dedicated variables not
> only for C flags but also for C preprocessor flags. Thus, what I'd
> ideally need is a version of the macro where I can somehow specify what to
> do with both large-file related CFLAGS and CPPFLAGS.

The pre-processor and linker options produced are not like normal 
pre-processor and linker options so they are treated differently.  If 
they are not submitted via CC / LD, then the final result might not 
work properly.

It seems that the original LFS specification has gone off line except 
for perhaps archive.org.  I found it at 
https://web.archive.org/web/20010703085350/http://ewe3.sas.com/standards/large.file/

Bob
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