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Re: [2.2.4] test-lfs: cannot write test string to large file


Erik Heinz <erik@iks-jena.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> when compiling glibc-2.2.4 on Linux-2.2.19 with 2.95.3, 'make check' 
> fails for me with:
> test-lfs: cannot write test string to large file: Invalid argument
>
> This in on an ext2 filesystem. glibc-2.2.3 didn't have this problem.
>
> Is this known? Any fixes available?

Ignore it, your kernel is buggy and returns a wrong value in one case.

Linux 2.4 does this correct - and handles large files also,
Andreas
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