Bug 343859

Summary:	sys-block/gpart-0.1h-r2 can't handle disks larger than 2GiB
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ian Abbott <ian>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	553108
Bug Blocks:
Attachments:	Ebuild patch for LFS support

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.