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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] 4GB limit fixed in FC5 -- no longer affects rdi
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Andrew Ferguson |
Subject: |
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] 4GB limit fixed in FC5 -- no longer affects rdiff-backup |
Date: |
Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:21:54 -0500 |
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address@hidden wrote:
> 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.
Yup, the Fedora packager added the ~5 line patch from rsync CVS that
fixes that issue. It's too bad nobody's been able to make a new release
of that project, since the fix has been around for almost a year and
affects so many people.
Andrew
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