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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index bfef4df61..afbbb76ad 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -469,15 +469,16 @@ Support for large files and integers ------------------------------------ Some 32-bit systems allow special compilation modes to get around the 2GB -file size barrier. This is enabled by default; use --disable-largefile to turn -it off. Not all systems recognize the test used by zsh (via the getconf -command), so flags may need to be set by hand. On HP-UX 10.20, zsh has -been successfully compiled with large file support by configuring with +file size barrier. This is enabled by default; use --disable-largefile +to turn it off. Not all systems recognize the test used by zsh (via the +getconf command), so flags may need to be set by hand. On HP-UX 10.20, +zsh has been successfully compiled with large file support by configuring +with CC="cc -Ae" CPPFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE64" configure \ --enable-largefile ... -Furthermore, use of --enable-largefile will also enable 64-bit arithmetic for -shell parameters, and anywhere they are used such as in mathematical +Furthermore, use of --enable-largefile will also enable 64-bit arithmetic +for shell parameters, and anywhere they are used such as in mathematical formulae. This depends only on the shell finding a suitable 64-bit integer type; it does not require that support for large files is actually enabled. Hence --enable-largefile is useful on many 32-bit systems |