LFS provides a fully functional 64-bit file capability for an ILP32
system. I've been using it for years...
> What are we supposed to do, declare plain open() obsolete?
LFS is fully usable with "plain open()" -- add O_LARGEFILE and use
lseek64(), truncate64(), fstat64(), fcntl64(), et al.
If that's unacceptable, you can also compile with _D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
and use your existing code, assuming you've used the documented opaque
types and have made sure your data structures and algorithms are correct
for terabyte files.
> IMHO the Alpha is the only sane answer.
That is *an* answer. So is Itanium. So is LFS, speaking from actual
production experience, that is.
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