343859 – sys-block/gpart-0.1h-r2 can't handle disks larger than 2GiB

Bug 343859 - sys-block/gpart-0.1h-r2 can't handle disks larger than 2GiB

Summary: sys-block/gpart-0.1h-r2 can't handle disks larger than 2GiB

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Depends on:	553108
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Reported:	2010-11-02 15:54 UTC by Ian Abbott
Modified:	2015-06-24 00:13 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Ebuild patch for LFS support (gpart-lfs-ebuild.patch,738 bytes, patch) 2010-11-02 15:59 UTC, Ian Abbott	Details \| Diff
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Description Ian Abbott 2010-11-02 15:54:16 UTC

sys-block/gpart-0.1h-r2 fails to analyze disks larger than 2GiB.  This is because the (patched) l64seek() function just calls lseek() which only does 32-bit seeks (on 32-bit architectures) unless compiled with LFS support.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Ian Abbott 2010-11-02 15:59:06 UTC

Created attachment 252913 [details, diff]
Ebuild patch for LFS support

Patch to compile gpart with LFS support for disks greater than 2 GiB.