RE: [Bug-gnubg] Bug: 14 point one-sided race databasewithmakebearoff.exe

[Ian Shaw]

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> On Behalf Of Joachim Matussek
> Sent: 06 January 2005 10:18
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> Subject: RE: [Bug-gnubg] Bug: 14 point one-sided race 
> databasewithmakebearoff.exe
> 
> Hello Ian,
> 
> well, that´s why i wrote which file systems i used.
> 
> NTFS and even FAT32 can handle much larger files than 2,1 GB.
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/al
> l/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Window
s/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp
> 
> I realized that 2147483647 has something to do with 2^x. 
> Especially this number is the limit of some integer types.
> 
> http://www.phim.unibe.ch/comp_doc/c_manual/C/CONCEPT/data_types.html
> 
> 
> Joachim Matussek

D'oh! Yes of course they can handle file sizes > 2.1 Gb. I can't believe I 
wrote that!.

I think it's something like the 32-bit pointer in the index that's the problem. 
I don't know whether the problem is in makebearoff or gnubg, or both.

I've hunted through the archives, and finally found this link 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnubg/2004-04/msg00323.html

-- Ian