Re: pg_dump and large files - is this a problem?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Giles Lean <giles(at)nemeton(dot)com(dot)au>
Subject: Re: pg_dump and large files - is this a problem?
Date: 2002-11-02 00:31:44
Message-ID: 14164.1036197104@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I think the problem is more accurately described thus: Flex generated
> files include <stdio.h> before "postgres.h" due to the way it lays out the
> code in the output. stdio.h does something which prevents switching to
> the large file model later on in postgres.h. (This manifests itself in
> unistd.h, but unistd.h itself is not the problem per se.)

> The proposed fix was to include the flex output in some other file (such
> as the corresponding grammar file) rather than to compile it separately.

I have made this change. CVS tip should compile cleanly now on machines
where this is an issue.

regards, tom lane

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