Paul Eggert wrote:
> -[AC_CACHE_CHECK([for $CC option to enable large file support],
> +[AC_CACHE_CHECK([for $CPPFLAGS option for large files],
Sorry, but I find the older wording ("option to enable large file support")
more understandable than ("option for large files"). The new wording
potentially suggests that the package may _create_ huge files, dissuading
users from using this option.
> (_AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_OPTIONS): Omit -n32.
So, this means that this macro does nothing any more for IRIX. Here's a patch
to update the documentation.
2024-04-25 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
largefile: Update documentation.
* doc/largefile.texi: Remove mention of IRIX.
diff --git a/doc/largefile.texi b/doc/largefile.texi
index 574753f10a..cbffee2181 100644
--- a/doc/largefile.texi
+++ b/doc/largefile.texi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
To this effect, it attempts to ensure that types like @code{off_t} and
@code{ino_t} are 64-bit,
at least on the following platforms:
-glibc, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris,
+glibc, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris,
Cygwin, mingw, MSVC.
If the types cannot be made 64-bit, @command{configure} issues a
