Re: glibc 2, and Linux 2.x

Jim Pick (jim@jimpick.com)
Thu, 31 Jul 1997 09:25:19 -0700


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> Just my two cents here. I have compiled bot e2fsprogs and modutils with glibc
> and had no serious problems.

Be careful with e2fsprogs/glibc on partitions > 2GB. The latest e2fsprogs
in Debian (which uses glibc) is affected by a bug (I think) in llseek.
I effectively destroyed one 2.5GB partition I had by using e2fsck on it...

Cheers,

- Jim

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