[GRASS5] activated Large File Support LFS (default now)
Glynn Clements
glynn at gclements.plus.com
Fri Apr 8 23:23:23 EDT 2005
Markus Neteler wrote:
> I have submitted changes to 6.1-CVS:
> A couple of tests have been added to configure and friends
> for Large File Support (default now). LFS is needed
> to read/write/manage large raster files. The magic compiler
> flag is activated automatically now in lib/gis/Makefile.
>
> ./configure ...
> should report
> Large File Support (LFS): yes
> is your system supports it. Otherwise it will be
> automatically disabled.
>
> Of course there is a flag:
> ./configure --help 2>&1 |grep large
> --disable-largefile omit support for large files
I don't know why I didn't comment on this at the time, but the sense
is wrong. Given that most of GRASS can't handle large files, it should
default to disabled.
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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>
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