[Firebird-devel] Re: Firebird.deb whish, building question

[Damyan I. <di...@cr...>]

[cc-ed to firebird-devel because of classic-64-bit-io issue]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:30:49PM +0200 Grzegorz Prokopski wrote:
> > Well, don't build scripts use some of the tools?
> Then such package should build-depend on -tools.
> -dev means usually *.h files and some *really* development utils.
> tools aren't development utils. At least that's what I think about it
> ATM. But I can imagine a package which uses IB/FB and just needs *.h
> files and libs to compile itself. So depending on -tools would be
> overhead in some cases.
Agreed.

> > I am going to try some hacking on source package myself to make
> > firebird-c64 true 64-enabled. What is the build procedure?
> Great! but contact people at firebird-devel
I did several months ago :-) the jrd/64bitio.h magic is the result.

> If You want to help with firebird development - subscribe to
> firebird-devel list. It isn't easy package and you'll need much more
> expirienced people to help you. I'd suggest You ask there before
> you start any real actions (other than just playing w/ compilation).

I am subscribed long ago and read most of the traffic. I really like
learning things the hard way - myself :-) There was a question of any
takers for classic 64-bit problems, but no responce, so I guess, it's
better trying myself.
Anyway, if I come to a dead-end I'll cry for help on firebird-devel.

a quick
$ strace -e trace=file gbak -c src dest shows that gbak itself opens
file with O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, but fails with Error
trying to access file. Invalid argument.

strange thing is that the test program 64bitiotest.c is working just
fine with such open() flags... It seems that a subsequent lseek fails.
Hmm...

> HTH
Thanks a lot. At least I am not alone at the problem :-))


dam

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