Re: rdiff-backup-fs filesize for large files

[griffin tucker]

i forgot, i also ran:

cp README.md README
automake --add-missing

before i ran autoreconf --install

On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 09:55, griffin tucker
<rdiffabkcuapbup9384@griffintucker.id.au> wrote:
>
> i've spent the last few hours trying to install from source, but i
> only got as far as:
>
> /urs/bin/ld: rdiff-backup-fs.o: in function `run':
> rdiff-backup-fs.c:(.text+0xad): undefined reference to `fuse_main_real' "
>
> (above was after running make)
>
> i think it references an old version of the fuse library
>
> usually i install from "apt install rdiff-backup-fs "
>
> for those interested, i ran:
> autoreconf --install
> ./configure
> make
>
> and didn't get as far as:
> sudo make install
>
> i don't know what i'm doing wrong to install from source in this case
>
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 at 08:22, Arrigo Marchiori <ardovm@yahoo.it> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Eric, Griffin,
> >
> > replying below.
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 07:33:21AM +1100, griffin tucker wrote:
> >
> > > yep, thanks eric.
> > >
> > > also worth noting there's a $30 bounty on bountysource for whomever
> > > solves this particular bug
> > >
> > > https://www.bountysource.com/issues/96838952-files-with-a-byte-size-larger-than-an-int-cause-i-o-errors
> > >
> > > On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 03:11, EricZolf <ewl+rdiffbackup@lavar.de> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Arrigo,
> > > >
> > > > It's about https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-fs/issues/2
> >
> > Aha, thank you. I did not read the email subject carefully enough.
> >
> > > > But to be clear, it's possibly the whole FS code which needs a cleanup,
> >
> > Yes, it does! ;-)
> >
> > > > I only "saved" it under the umbrella of rdiff-backup, no clue in which 
> > > > state it exactly is.
> > > >
> > > > You're more than welcome to have a look!
> >
> > Thank you.. I did and I am proposing a very very simple fix:
> > https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-fs/pull/3
> > ...in the hope it is such a low-hanging fruit!
> >
> > Unfortunately I have no idea about how to test this. Maybe Griffin?
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Arrigo
> >
> > http://rigo.altervista.org