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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:02:57 -0700
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: lseek 2GB wrap problem (with tail)? [need textutils repackage]
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Alexander Geraldy wrote:

> I've seen the following problem and don't know how to handle it.
> 
> Configuration: Cygwin 1.5.11-1, tail (textutils) 2.0.21, strace (cygwin)
> 1.21

Unfortunately, it looks like the textutils package has gone
unmaintained.  The last release of it was in Feb of 2002:
<http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2002/msg00059.html>

Cygwin did not have 64 bit file IO support until the 1.5.x series, from
July 2003, meaning this package was compiled against 1.3.x and will
choke on the 2GB barrier.  It could be as simple as rebuilding it and
releasing a new package.  Someone should really look into this, and I've
CC'd cygwin-apps to see if there's any interest.

File under "Cygwin really needs a proper coreutils maintainer to take
over these dead packages."

Brian

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