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[du] broken on OSX 10.7 (Lion) for >4TB file systems

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Message #41 received at 9140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
Cc: 9140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org,
	Herb Wartens <hawartens <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: fsusage: add large volume support on glibc/Hurd, HP-UX 11, Solaris,
	MacOS X
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:04:44 +0200

Bruno Haible wrote:
>> 1) To require AC_SYS_LARGEFILE, and a module dependency to 'largefile'.
>>    This will make statvfs() use a 64-bit f_blocks on
>>    glibc/Hurd, MacOS X >= 10.4, HP-UX, Solaris.
>
> Here's the first proposed patch. I verified that
>
> - on HP-UX 11.00 and 11.31, Solaris 7 and 10, it causes statvfs() to be used
>   again:
>     checking for statvfs function (SVR4)... no
>   becomes
>     checking for statvfs function (SVR4)... yes
>   Since the check_f_blocks_size is in place, it proves that this causes
>   f_blocks to be 64-bit.
>
> - on MacOS X 10.5, it causes fsusage.o to call statfs$INODE64 instead of
>   statfs, thus also supporting large volumes.
>
>
> 2011-07-23  Bruno Haible  <bruno <at> clisp.org>
>
> 	fsusage: Enable large volume support on glibc/Hurd, HP-UX, Solaris, MacOS X.
> 	* m4/fsusage.m4 (gl_FILE_SYSTEM_USAGE): Require AC_SYS_LARGEFILE.
> 	* modules/fsusage (Depends-on): Add largefile.
>
> --- m4/fsusage.m4.orig	Sat Jul 23 16:25:19 2011
> +++ m4/fsusage.m4	Sat Jul 23 16:24:57 2011
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -# serial 28
> +# serial 29
>  # Obtaining file system usage information.
>
>  # Copyright (C) 1997-1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
>
>  AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_SYSTEM_USAGE],
>  [
> +dnl Enable large-file support. This has the effect of changing the size
> +dnl of field f_blocks in 'struct statvfs' from 32 bit to 64 bit on
> +dnl glibc/Hurd, HP-UX 11, Solaris (32-bit mode). It also changes the size
> +dnl of field f_blocks in 'struct statfs' from 32 bit to 64 bit on
> +dnl MacOS X >= 10.5 (32-bit mode).
> +AC_REQUIRE([AC_SYS_LARGEFILE])
>
>  AC_MSG_NOTICE([checking how to get file system space usage])
>  ac_fsusage_space=no
> --- modules/fsusage.orig	Sat Jul 23 16:25:19 2011
> +++ modules/fsusage	Sat Jul 23 16:06:17 2011
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>  m4/fsusage.m4
>
>  Depends-on:
> +largefile
>  stdbool
>  stdint
>  full-read       [test $gl_cv_fs_space = yes]

Well-documented, tested, and safe-looking.
Thanks!

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