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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gl/m4/ftruncate.m4 b/gl/m4/ftruncate.m4
index 1007f34120..969eb0412d 100644
--- a/gl/m4/ftruncate.m4
+++ b/gl/m4/ftruncate.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# serial 18
+# serial 19
# See if we need to emulate a missing ftruncate function using chsize.
@@ -11,7 +11,24 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_FTRUNCATE],
[
AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([ftruncate])
- if test $ac_cv_func_ftruncate = no; then
+ if test $ac_cv_func_ftruncate = yes; then
+ m4_ifdef([gl_LARGEFILE], [
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+ case "$host_os" in
+ mingw*)
+ dnl Native Windows, and Large File Support is requested.
+ dnl The MSVCRT _chsize() function only accepts a 32-bit file size,
+ dnl and the mingw64 ftruncate64() function is unreliable (it may
+ dnl delete the file, see
+ dnl <http://mingw-w64.sourcearchive.com/documentation/2.0-1/ftruncate64_8c_source.html>).
+ dnl Use gnulib's ftruncate() implementation instead.
+ REPLACE_FTRUNCATE=1
+ ;;
+ esac
+ ], [
+ :
+ ])
+ else
HAVE_FTRUNCATE=0
fi
])