Phobos Patch - Version (X86_64) for struct_stat64 on Linux x86_64

Iain Buclaw ibuclaw at ubuntu.com
Thu Dec 30 05:30:36 PST 2010


== Quote from Chuck Blake (cb at mit.edu)'s article
> Hi.  I realize that 64-bit phobos is relatively work in progress.  I thought
> I'd contribute.  struct_stat64 is broken on Linux x86_64 which further breaks
> an awful lot of file IO.
> I have a small patch that fixes it by just adding a version fork for X86_64 in
> the default fallback version{} (which should perhaps be labeled Linux since
> all this stat stuff is *awfully* specific and brittle).  Anyway, I tested this
> with gdc 2.051 within gcc-4.5.2, with an attached stat.d program and comparing
> its output to the 'stat' utility.  This fix is so basic and logic-free that I
> seriously doubt environmental considerations matter, and in any event it is an
> unhandled version{}.
> This doesn't completely fix file IO, but it at least gives it a running
> chance.  I can std.file.read() files under 8MB, for example. :)  I posted this
> on Digitalmars.D.bugs which I apparently misinterpreted as the place to report
> bugs and fixes.
>  << stat64_x86_64.patch >>
>  << stat.d >>

OK, I've had a proper look, is there any reason why phobos isn't using the stat_t
implementation in druntime?

That would fix this...

Regards


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