Re: statvfs() weirdness on alpha (RH-7.2 and CentOS-4.2)

[Sergey Tikhonov <tsv@xxxxxxxx>]

Michal Jaegermann wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:13:27PM +0300, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
>  
>
> > I submitted a bug report to glibc bugzilla. The problem is (with recent 
> > findings from Bert de Bruijn) I am not sure what correct
> > fix should be. Back in 1999 the size of fields were changed from 64 bits 
> > to 32.
> >    
>
> Did he tell you why?  An attempt of compatibility with 32-bit programs
> compiled for DU?  Those were not linked with glibc anyway.  Some other
> reasons?  What is a status of fields in question on other 64-bit
> platforms served by glibc?
>  
It was done for glibc version 2.0.109 to make "df" program to produce 
the correct results.
X86_64 has fields 64 bits long in both modes.
We will see what Ulrich Drepper would say about the problem.

Regards,

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Sergey Tikhonov
Solvo Ltd.
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