[Chicken-janitors] #706: file-exists? does return #f on large files

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#706: file-exists? does return #f on large files
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 Reporter:  ckeen                         |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect                        |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  critical                      |   Milestone:  4.8.0
Component:  core libraries                |     Version:  4.7.x
 Keywords:  file-exists? 2GB large files  |  
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 Reported by Sven Hartrumpf
 > I have just lost some files (fortunately, they can be restored somehow)
 > because file-exists? returned #f for large files (> 2 GB).

 Confirmed by Moritz for 32 bit chickens (on a 32 bit machine)

 It does do the right thing on 64bit chickens

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/706>
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