Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> First we need to decide what we want to happen and after that think about
> how to implement it. Given sizeof(off_t) > sizeof(long) and no fseeko(),
> we have the following options:
It seems obvious to me that there are no platforms that offer
sizeof(off_t) > sizeof(long) but have no API for doing seeks with off_t.
That would be just plain silly. IMHO it's acceptable for us to fail at
configure time if we can't figure out how to seek.
The question is *which* seek APIs we need to support. Are there any
besides fseeko() and fgetpos()?
regards, tom lane
