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

[Andrew Ferguson]

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> 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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Andrew Ferguson - address@hidden