RE: llseek and 64 bit return...

Linda Walsh (law@sgi.com)
Mon, 24 Apr 2000 19:26:17 -0700

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Xymoron [mailto:oxymoron@waste.org]
> > Is there some good reason why the interface shouldn't be cleaned up
> > on Intel?
>
> Binary compatibility. At the source level, glibc should hide it all for
> you with a compile flag.
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	Darn Send click...um...yes.  Maybe old syscall would be changed 'oldlseek'
and add a new 64-bit lseek for newly compiled programs?  


-- just a thought for moving to a cleaner interface...but this isn't important
enough to me to push it anymore...
-l




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