>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes: GvR> Hm, is it possible that glibc 2.2.4 is too old to support GvR> large files? Doubtful. This is the stock glibc that comes with Mandrake 8.1, which is their latest offering. And besides, Python 2.2 on the same box supports LFS just fine! -Barry