[rdiff-backup-users] 4GB limit fixed in FC5 -- no longer affects rdiff-backup

[rdiff]

There has been much chatter on the list about 4gb limit issues in the 
current release of librsync (0.9.7) on the website, which has not been 
updated since 2004.  It would be nice to see a 0.9.8 with all the patches 
applied, though it is unclear if this will ever happen.

We are using Fedora Core 5 and found that rdiff-backup does work on files 
> 4gb.  We are rdiffing a 20gb Windows BKF file which changes every 
night.  md5sums match after each backup.  If anyone is curious, download 
the FC5 librsync-0.9.7-7.src.rpm and have a look-see at the patch which 
comes with it.

We've not tested this in cygwin/windows with the FC5 patches applied yet, 
though we certainly will in the near future.  If anyone else has a moment 
to test this under windows, please post to the list.

Thank you for such a great product!  We are using rdiff-backup for >30 
hosts across VPNs, direct connect and locally.  I look forward to a nice 
GUI for managing the increments!

-Eric