[Fwd: Re: Switch SPARC GNU coreutils+bash from 32 to 64bit [PSARC/2008/351]

[James Carlson]

I. Szczesniak writes:
> On 6/2/08, James Carlson <james.d.carlson at sun.com> wrote:
> > It's also lifted if you call enable_extended_FILE_stdio(3C), use the
> >  extendedFILE.so.1 preload, or 'F' is used as the last character in the
> >  fopen(3C) mode string.
> 
> FYI, enable_extended_FILE_stdio(3C) is incompatible to many
> applications, including coreutil. Using a FD > 256 crashes such
> applications.

"Coreutil"?  As in GNU coreutils?

If there's a problem here, and it's not just broken code in the
application, then filing bugs would help.  I searched for, but did not
find, any references to this problem either at any external site or in
the bug databases.

In any event, I don't think whether or not the GNU coreutils work
right is itself architectural.

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