This is a discussion on [Bug 1529] 32bit rollover problem rsyncing files greater than 4GB - Tools ; https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1529 ------- Additional Comments From thomas@suse.de 2005-09-07 01:36 ------- Sorry, Wayne you are right 2^32+1 really is 1. Yes 2^60 seems much to big to be practicable today but maybe, to avoid problems in the future, it would be better ...
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1529
------- Additional Comments From thomas@suse.de 2005-09-07 01:36 -------
Sorry, Wayne you are right 2^32+1 really is 1.
Yes 2^60 seems much to big to be practicable today but maybe, to avoid problems
in the future, it would be better to have all this type-clean.
BTW, AFAICR int overflows for signed types depend on the compiler and are not
standardized.
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