weird bash autocomplete issue

Sure, would be good to have that fixed. Cc: [email protected] in the bug, and I will move it directly to the right guy. :)

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Von: "Kay Sievers" <[email protected]>
Gesendet: 19.12.08 02:27:34
An: [email protected]
CC: "Chris Mason" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]=

Betreff: Re: weird bash autocomplete issue

Quoted 19 lines · On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 01:59, <[email protected]> wrote:

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I see the same issue on x86 32 bit, with the additional __llseek() between the getdents64(), and the last entry returned by readdir ignored.

confirmed - it`s readdir which assumes 32bit.

attached is a sample program which shows the issue on my system.

if compiled with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=3D64", the problem goes away.

old posting from around 2001:

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http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2001-01/msg00216.html

This is why everybody will have to compile programs with _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=3D64. Did you ever notice that all GNU programs already do this?

as 32bit systems can use 64bit filesystems, i think btrfs is correc=

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as it isn`t LFS aware. i think all 32bit stuff should be LFS aware,=

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to be exact, it`s not bash but readline library which comes with ba=

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bash configure script correctly checks for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value,=

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this explains why i could not reproduce the issue when i build bash=

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does it make sense to file a ticket at novell bugzilla ?

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Sure, would be good to have that fixed. Cc: [email protected] in the bug, and I will move it directly to the right guy. :) =20
Thanks,
Kay
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