Re: proposal: add getlimits to the list of installed programs

[Jim Meyering]

Eric Blake wrote:
> Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:
>
>>   $ ./getlimits --help
>>   Usage: ./getlimits
>>   Output platform dependent limits in a format useful for shell scripts.
>>
>>   $ ./getlimits
>>   OFF_T_MAX=9223372036854775807
>>   OFF_T_OFLOW=9223372036854775808
>>   OFF_T_MIN=-9223372036854775808
>>   OFF_T_UFLOW=-9223372036854775809
>
> I just thought of a counter-argument against including it in a distro - the
> value of OFF_T_MAX is dependent on compile-time options (particularly on a 32-
> bit machine, depending on whether you enabled large file support).

Good point.
Proposal retracted.